Howard County, Texas

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county county in Texas

Howard County, Texas is a rural West Texas county centered around the city of Big Spring, known historically for ranching, oil production, and its location along major transportation routes.

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Label Occurrences
Howard County, Texas canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county in Texas ⓘ
borderedBy Borden County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Glasscock County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mitchell County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scurry County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sterling County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Big Spring McMahon–Wrinkle Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
Big Spring State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Big Spring, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coahoma, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forsan, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeat Big Spring, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
fipsCode 48227 ⓘ
gnisFeatureID 1374273 ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasEducationalService Big Spring Independent School District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coahoma Independent School District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forsan Independent School District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndustry cattle ranching ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
petroleum extraction ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Howard County Sheriff’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
transportation services ⓘ
historicalRole oil-producing county in the Permian Basin ⓘ
ranching center in West Texas ⓘ
knownFor location along major transportation routes ⓘ
oil fields ⓘ
rural character ⓘ
largestCity Big Spring, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn United States Census Bureau’s West Texas region NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States congressional district 19 (Texas) NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Volney E. Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Permian Basin oil region NERFINISHED ⓘ
region West Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy Interstate 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas State Highway 176 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Texas State Highway 350 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Texas's 19th congressional district → contains → Howard County, Texas ⓘ
Dawson County → borderedBy → Howard County, Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Dawson County, Texas