Hudspeth County (Tex.)
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Name (Hebrew)
מחוז הדספת (טקסס)
Name (Latin)
Hudspeth County (Tex.)
Other forms of name
Darlington County (Tex.)
Turney County (Tex.)
nnaa Hudspeth Co., Tex
Coordinates
-105.37 -105.37 31.45 31.45 (gooearth )
W1051802 W1051802 N0312800 N0312800 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 31°28ʹ00ʺN 105°18ʹ02ʺW)
- Hudspeth County, in the Trans-Pecos region of far-western Texas, is bordered by New Mexico to the north, the Mexican state of Chihuahua to the south, El Paso County to the west, and Culberson and Jeff Davis counties to the east; county's center lies at approximately 31°32ʹ north latitude and 105°28ʹ west longitude; county was officially organized from eastern El Paso County in February 1917. It was first to have been called Darlington County, then Turney County, before it was finally named for state senator Claude Benton Hudspeth of El Paso ( (Handbook of Texas, via Texas State Historical Association website, viewed August 8, 2019) )
- Gillerman, E. Fluorspar deposits of ... 1953.