Dawson County, Texas Basics:


Dawson County Texas - Government Site

Population: 13,653
Area: 900 square miles
County seat: Lamesa
Area code(s) in use: 806
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
Median household income: $40,152
Persons in poverty: 18.1%
Home ownership rate: 73.6%
Mean travel time to work: 14.0 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Andrews  Borden  Gaines  Howard  Lynn  Martin  Terry  

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Map of the Dawson County area


Our detail map of Dawson County shows the Dawson County, Texas boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Dawson County, Texas

  Airports     show all on map

Benny White Flying Airport, Coleman Cattle Company Nr 1 Airport, Lamesa Municipal Airport, Thorp Airport

  Buildings     show all on map

Ackerly Volunteer Fire Department, Dal Paso Museum, Dawson County Emergency Medical Services - Hill Corporation, Dawson County Law Enforcement Center, Dawson County Public Library, Lamesa Fire Department Central Station, Lamesa Fire Department Northern Station, Los Ybanez Volunteer Fire Department, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 5 Preston E Smith Unit, Welch Volunteer Fire Department

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Fairview Cemetery, Midway Cemetery, ODonnell Cemetery, Plain View Cemetery

  Census     show all on map

Welch Census Designated Place

  Churches     show all on map

Calvary United Pentecostal Church, Crestview Baptist Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, Harvest Community Church of Lamesa, Northridge Methodist Church, Northside Baptist Church, Saint John Baptist Church, Saint John Episcopal Church, Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church Convent, Second Baptist Church, Sunset Baptist Church, Templo Elim Spanish Assembly of God Church

  Dams     show all on map

Gravel Pit Lake Dam

  Hospitals     show all on map

Medical Arts Hospital

  Lakes     show all on map

Brushy Lake, Frost Lake

  Locales     show all on map

Caprock Ranch, Lamesa Farm Workers Community Historic District

  Oilfields     show all on map

Ackerly Oil Field, Gin Oil Field, Lamesa West Oil Field, Spraberry Oil Field, Tex Hamon Oil Field, Welch Oil Field, West Spraberry Oil Field

  Parks     show all on map

Ninth Street Park, North Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Ackerly, Arvana, Fivemile, Friendship, Grandview, Hancock, Hindman, Key, Klondike, Lamesa, Los Ybanez, Midway, Mungerville, Patricia, Pride, Punkin Center, Sand, Sparenberg, Tenmile, Union, Welch

  Post Offices     show all on map

Ackerly Post Office, Lamesa Post Office, Welch Post Office

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Gravel Pit Lake

  Schools     show all on map

Dawson School, Klondike Elementary School, Klondike High School, Lamesa High School, Lamesa Middle School, Middle School, North Elementary School, North School, Rogers Elementary School, Sands Elementary School, Sands High School, Sands School, South Elementary School, South School, VZ Rogers School

  Springs     show all on map

Earl Springs, Indian Springs, Mullins Springs, Rock Crusher Springs, Tobacco Springs, Wet Tobacco Springs

  Streams     show all on map

Gold Creek, Sand Creek, Wet Tobacco Creek

  Towers     show all on map

KPET-AM (Lamesa), KYMI-FM (Los Ybanez)

  Valleys     show all on map

Indian Canyon, McKenzie Draw, Rock Canyon, T J F Draw,

Dawson County, Texas Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteDawson County White population 12,23312,233  
BlackDawson County Black population 1,0101,010
MixedDawson County Mixed population 164163
American IndianDawson County American Indian population 150150
AsianDawson County Asian population 8281
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderDawson County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 1413

Additional population tables :
State population table
Texas population by county