Ochiltree County, Texas

Ochiltree County
Ochiltree County
County
	1928 Ochiltree County Courthouse in Perryton
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 36°17′N 100°49′W / 36.28°N 100.81°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1889
Named for	W. B. Ochiltree
Seat	Perryton
Largest city	Perryton
Area
• Total	918 sq mi (2,380 km2)
• Land	918 sq mi (2,380 km2)
• Water	0.5 sq mi (1 km2) 0.06%
Population (2020)
• Total	10,015
• Density	11/sq mi (4.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	13th
Website	www.co.ochiltree.tx.us

Ochiltree County (/ˈɒkəlˌtriː/ OK-əl-TREE)^[1] is a county located in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,015.^[2] The county seat is Perryton.^[3] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1889.^[4]^[5] and is named for William Beck Ochiltree, who was an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. It was previously one of 30^[6] prohibition or entirely dry counties in the state of Texas.

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^ "Ochiltree County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "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. Archived from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. p. 1364
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