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Swisher County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- James G. Swisher
- Seat
- Tulia
- Largest city
- Tulia
- Total
- 901 sq mi (2,330 km )
- Land
- 890 sq mi (2,300 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,703
- Density
- 7.8/sq mi (3.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .co .swisher .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Swisher County, Texas
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Tulia
- Capital
- Tulia
- Population
- 6971
- Area
- 2333
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Armstrong County
- Official website
- www.co.swisher.tx.us
- Image
- Swisher county courthouse 2009.jpg
- Households
- 2599
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- Commons category
- Swisher County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Swisher County, Texas
- inception
- 1876-01-01
- native label
- Swisher County
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- per capita income
- 18310
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Encyclopedic overview
Swisher County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,971. Its county seat is Tulia. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1890. It is named for James G. Swisher, a soldier of the Texas Revolution and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, and later owned by Goodnight and Cornelia Adair, reached into six counties, including Swisher.
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