Nolan County, Texas
| Nolan County, Texas | |
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Nolan County Courthouse
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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 | 1881 |
| Named for | Philip Nolan |
| Seat | Sweetwater |
| Largest city | Sweetwater |
| Area | |
| • Total | 914 sq mi (2,367 km2) |
| • Land | 912 sq mi (2,362 km2) |
| • Water | 2.0 sq mi (5 km2), 0.2% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 15,216 |
| • Density | 17/sq mi (7/km²) |
| Congressional district | 19th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Nolan County is a county located in the west central region of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 15,216. Its county seat is Sweetwater. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1881. It is named for Philip Nolan, one of the first American traders to visit Texas.
Nolan County comprises the Sweetwater, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Susan King has been since 2007 the Republican state representative from Nolan as well as Jones and Taylor counties.
From 1921 to 1925, the Democrat Richard M. Chitwood of Sweetwater, represented Nolan County in the state House. As chairman of the House Education Committee, he worked in 1923 to establish what became Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He had first tried to obtain the institution for Sweetwater as the central location of West Texas. After the institution was established, he resigned from the House to move to Lubbock to become the first Texas Tech business manager. He served in that capacity for just fifteen months; he died in Dallas in November 1926.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 914 square miles (2,370 km2), of which 912 square miles (2,360 km2) is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) (0.2%) is water.
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