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Throckmorton County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- William Throckmorton
- Seat
- Throckmorton
- Largest town
- Throckmorton
- Total
- 915 sq mi (2,370 km )
- Land
- 913 sq mi (2,360 km )
- Water
- 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,554
- Density
- 1.58/sq mi (0.609/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .throckmortoncounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Throckmorton
- Capital
- Throckmorton
- Population
- 1440
- Area
- 2439.2
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Knox County
- Official website
- www.throckmortoncounty.org
- Image
- Throckmorton County Texas Courthouse 2015.jpg
- Households
- 713
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- Commons category
- Throckmorton County, Texas
- inception
- 1858-01-13
- topic's main category
- Category:Throckmorton County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Throckmorton County
- per capita income
- 31628
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Encyclopedic overview
Throckmorton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,440. Its county seat is Throckmorton. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1879. It is named for William Throckmorton, an early Collin County settler. Throckmorton County is one of four remaining prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in Texas.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Throckmorton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.