Terrell County, Texas

Terrell County
County
Terrell County Courthouse in Sanderson.
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Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 30°14′N 102°04′W / 30.23°N 102.07°W / 30.23; -102.07
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1905
Named for	Alexander W. Terrell
Seat	Sanderson
Largest community	Sanderson
Area
• Total	2,358 sq mi (6,110 km2)
• Land	2,358 sq mi (6,110 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)  0%
Population  (2020)
• Total	760
• Estimate  (2022)	693
• Density	0.32/sq mi (0.12/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	23rd
Website	www.co.terrell.tx.us

Terrell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760,^[1] making it the seventh-least populous county in Texas, and the 37th-least populous county in the nation. Its county seat is the census-designated place of Sanderson; no incorporated municipalities are in the county.^[2] The county was named for Alexander W. Terrell, a Texas state senator. Terrell County is one of the nine counties in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. It is the setting for Cormac McCarthy's novel No Country for Old Men, and the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the same name.