Crane County, Texas

Crane County
Crane County
County
	Crane County Courthouse in Crane
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 31°25′N 102°31′W / 31.41°N 102.52°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1927
Named for	William Carey Crane
Seat	Crane
Largest city	Crane
Area
• Total	786 sq mi (2,040 km2)
• Land	785 sq mi (2,030 km2)
• Water	0.7 sq mi (2 km2) 0.08%
Population (2020)
• Total	4,675
• Density	5.9/sq mi (2.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	23rd
Website	www.co.crane.tx.us

Crane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,675.^[1]^[2] The county seat is Crane.^[3] The county was created in 1887 and later organized in 1927.^[4] It was named for William Carey Crane, a president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Crane County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ "Crane County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "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.