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Sherman County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Sidney Sherman
- Seat
- Stratford
- Largest city
- Stratford
- Total
- 923 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Land
- 923 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.02%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,781
- Density
- 3/sq mi (1.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- www .co .sherman .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Sherman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,782. Its county seat is Stratford. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1889. It is named for Sidney Sherman, who fought in the Texas Revolution. Though both Sherman County and Sherman, Texas, are named for the same person, the city of Sherman is located in Grayson County, about 430 miles to the southeast.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sherman County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.