Dawson County, Texas

Dawson County
Dawson County
County
	The Dawson County Courthouse in Lamesa
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 32°44′N 101°57′W / 32.74°N 101.95°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1905
Named for	Nicholas Mosby Dawson
Seat	Lamesa
Largest city	Lamesa
Area
• Total	902 sq mi (2,340 km2)
• Land	900 sq mi (2,000 km2)
• Water	1.8 sq mi (5 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	12,456
• Density	14/sq mi (5.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	19th
Website	www.co.dawson.tx.us

Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,456.^[1]^[2] The county seat is Lamesa.^[3] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1905.^[4] It is named for Nicholas Mosby Dawson,^[5] a soldier of the Texas Revolution. Dawson County comprises the Lamesa, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), and it is, by population, the smallest Micropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.

^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Dawson County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ "Dawson 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 April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 101.