Lipscomb County, Texas

Lipscomb County
Lipscomb County
County
	Lipscomb County courthouse in Lipscomb. Shown here undergoing restoration in May 2020.
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 36°17′N 100°16′W / 36.28°N 100.27°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1887
Named for	Abner Smith Lipscomb
Seat	Lipscomb
Largest town	Booker
Area
• Total	932 sq mi (2,410 km2)
• Land	932 sq mi (2,410 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.01%
Population (2020)
• Total	3,059
• Density	3.3/sq mi (1.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	13th
Website	www.co.lipscomb.tx.us

Lipscomb County (/ˈlɪpskəm/ LIP-skəm) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,059.^[1] Its county seat is Lipscomb.^[2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1887.^[3] It is named for Judge Abner Smith Lipscomb, a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.^[4]

^ "Lipscomb County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on March 2, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 187.