Lynn County, Texas
Lynn County | |
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Lynn County Courthouse in Tahoka | |
Location within the U.S. state of Texas | |
Texas's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 33°11′N 101°49′W / 33.18°N 101.82°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Seat | Tahoka |
| Largest city | Tahoka |
| Area | |
• Total | 893 sq mi (2,310 km2) |
| • Land | 892 sq mi (2,310 km2) |
| • Water | 1.6 sq mi (4 km2) 0.2% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 5,596 |
| • Density | 6.3/sq mi (2.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 19th |
| Website | www |
Lynn County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,596. Its county seat is Tahoka. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1903.
Lynn County, along with Crosby and Lubbock Counties, is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Lubbock MSA and Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), encompassing only Hockley County, form the larger Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area (CSA).
Lynn County was one of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in Texas, but is now a moist county.
The county has two historical museums, the O'Donnell Heritage Museum, with a Dan Blocker room in O'Donnell, and the Tahoka Pioneer Museum in Tahoka.
The county is also home to the Lynn County Hospital District that provides medical care to the county and surrounding area.