Reeves County, Texas

Reeves County
County
Reeves County Courthouse in Pecos
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 31°19′N 103°41′W / 31.32°N 103.68°W / 31.32; -103.68
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1884
Named for	George R. Reeves
Seat	Pecos
Largest city	Pecos
Area
• Total	2,642 sq mi (6,840 km2)
• Land	2,635 sq mi (6,820 km2)
• Water	6.7 sq mi (17 km2)  0.3%
Population  (2020)
• Total	14,748
• Density	5.2/sq mi (2.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	23rd
Website	www.reevescounty.org

Reeves County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 14,748.^[1] Its county seat and most populous city is Pecos.^[2] The county was created in 1883 and organized the next year.^[3] It is named for George R. Reeves, a Texas state legislator and colonel in the Confederate Army. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. Reeves County comprises the Pecos micropolitan statistical area.