Terry County, Texas

Terry County
Terry County
County
	The Terry County Courthouse in Brownfield
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°10′N 102°20′W / 33.17°N 102.34°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1904
Named for	Benjamin Franklin Terry
Seat	Brownfield
Largest city	Brownfield
Area
• Total	891 sq mi (2,310 km2)
• Land	889 sq mi (2,300 km2)
• Water	2.1 sq mi (5 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	11,831
• Density	13/sq mi (5.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	19th
Website	www.co.terry.tx.us

Terry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,831.^[1] Its county seat is Brownfield.^[2] The county was demarked in 1876 and organized in 1904.^[3] It is named for Benjamin Franklin Terry, a colonel in the Confederate Army. Terry County was one of 46 dry counties in the state of Texas, but is now a moist county.^[4] Terry County is one of the most productive pumpkin producing counties in the United States.^[5]

^ "Terry County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
^ "Wet/Dry Status of Texas Counties as of November 2010". Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
^ Ramos, Elliot (October 22, 2021). "Map: Where America's pumpkins come from". NBC News. Retrieved October 31, 2021.