Randall County, Texas

Randall County
Randall County
County
	The Randall County Courthouse in 2011
	Seal
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 34°58′N 101°54′W / 34.97°N 101.9°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1889
Named for	Horace Randal
Seat	Canyon
Largest city	Amarillo
Area
• Total	922 sq mi (2,390 km2)
• Land	912 sq mi (2,360 km2)
• Water	11 sq mi (30 km2) 1.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	140,753
• Density	150/sq mi (59/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	13th
Website	www.randallcounty.com

Randall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 140,753.^[1] Its county seat is Canyon.^[2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1889.^[3] It is named for Horace Randal, a Confederate brigadier general killed at the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. The reason the county name differs from his is because the bill creating the county misspelled Randal's name.

Randall County, alongside adjacent Potter County is part of the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area.

At one time, the large JA Ranch, founded by Charles Goodnight and John George Adair, which reached into six counties, held acreage in Randall County.

^ "Randall 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. Retrieved May 26, 2015.

[1] "Randall County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[3] "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2015.

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