Hutchinson County, Texas

Hutchinson County
County
The Hutchinson County Courthouse in Stinnett
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 35°50′N 101°22′W / 35.84°N 101.36°W / 35.84; -101.36
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1901
Seat	Stinnett
Largest city	Borger
Area
• Total	895 sq mi (2,320 km2)
• Land	887 sq mi (2,300 km2)
• Water	7.5 sq mi (19 km2)  0.8%
Population  (2020)
• Total	20,617
• Density	23/sq mi (8.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	13th
Website	www.co.hutchinson.tx.us

Hutchinson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,617.^[1] Its county seat is Stinnett.^[2] The county was created in 1876, but not organized until 1901.^[3] It is named for Andrew Hutchinson,^[4] an early Texas attorney.

Hutchinson County comprises the Borger, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Amarillo-Borger, TX Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the northern portion of the Texas Panhandle. The history of Hutchinson County is accented in downtown Borger in the Hutchinson County Historical Museum, also known as Boomtown Revisited. Hutchinson County is the county with the most ghost towns in the Texas Panhandle.