Carson County, Texas

Carson County
Carson County
County
	Restored filling station in Skellytown, Texas
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 35°25′N 101°21′W / 35.41°N 101.35°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1888
Named for	Samuel Price Carson
Seat	Panhandle
Largest town	Panhandle
Area
• Total	924 sq mi (2,390 km2)
• Land	920 sq mi (2,400 km2)
• Water	3.9 sq mi (10 km2) 0.4%
Population (2020)
• Total	5,807
• Density	6.3/sq mi (2.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	13th
Website	www.co.carson.tx.us

Carson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,807.^[1]^[2] The county seat is Panhandle.^[3] The county was founded in 1876 and later organized in 1888.^[4] It is named for Samuel Price Carson, the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.^[5]

Carson County is included in the Amarillo, TX metropolitan statistical area.

^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Carson County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ "Carson County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 70.