Collingsworth County, Texas
| Collingsworth County, Texas | |
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Collingsworth County Courthouse in Wellington
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 Location in the U.S. state of Texas |
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 Texas's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1890 |
| Seat | Wellington |
| Largest city | Wellington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 919 sq mi (2,380 km2) |
| • Land | 918 sq mi (2,378 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2), 0.1% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 3,044 |
| • Density | 3.3/sq mi (1/km²) |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Collingsworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,057. Its county seat is Wellington. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1890. It is named for James Collinsworth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas (a recording error in the bill accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected). Collingsworth County is one of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas.
Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from Muenster in Cooke County, has since January 2013 represented Collingsworth County in the Texas House of Representatives.
The county was created in 1876 from the Bexar and Young land district of Texas. Collingsworth County was organized in 1890 with Wellington as the county seat. From 1883 until 1896 the county was home to the English owned Rocking Chair Ranche.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 919 square miles (2,380 km2), of which 918 square miles (2,380 km2) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km2) (0.1%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,206 people, 1,294 households, and 916 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile (1/km²). There were 1,723 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile (1/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 79.82% White, 5.33% Black or African American, 1.62% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 10.89% from other races, and 2.15% from two or more races. 20.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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