Culberson County (Tex.)
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Name (Latin)
Culberson County (Tex.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Culberson Co., Tex
Coordinates
-104.52 -104.52 31.45 31.45 (gooearth )
W1043502 W1043502 N0312700 N0312700 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
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Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 31°27ʹ00ʺN 104°35ʹ02ʺW)
- Culberson County is located in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. It is bordered by New Mexico to the north and by Hudspeth, Reeves, and Jeff Davis counties in Texas; county's center lies about thirty-six miles northeast of Van Horn at approximately 32°27ʹ north latitude and 104°29ʹ west longitude; in 1911 a new county, named after David B. Culberson, was separated from El Paso County ( (Handbook of Texas, via Texas State Historical Association website, viewed August 8, 2019) )
- Flawn, P.T. The Hazel copper-silver mine, 1952.