Reagan County
Also known as Reagan County, Texas, Reagan County, TX
county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- John Henninger Reagan
- Seat
- Big Lake
- Largest city
- Big Lake
- Total
- 1,176 sq mi (3,050 km )
- Land
- 1,175 sq mi (3,040 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,166
- Density
- 2.9/sq mi (1.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
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Santa Rita No. 1 rig, used in the discovery of the Big Lake Oil Field in 1923.
Reagan County is a county on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,385. The county seat is Big Lake. The county is named after John Henninger Reagan (1818–1905), who was the postmaster general of the Confederate States and also a U.S. senator, U.S. representative, and first chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas.