Terrell County

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Terrell County is a sparsely populated rural county in southwestern Texas known for its rugged desert landscapes and ranching heritage.

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Label Occurrences
Terrell County canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedByCountry Mexico
borderedByState Brewster County NERFINISHED
Pecos County
Val Verde County
borderFeature Rio Grande
borderType international border with Mexico
climate semi-arid
country United States
countySeat Sanderson
economicActivity oil and gas production
ranching
formedFrom Pecos County
governmentType county government
hasCommunity Dryden
Sanderson
hasFeature canyons along the Rio Grande
remote ranchlands
hasIndustry livestock ranching
hasMajorHighway U.S. Route 285 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 90
hasProtectedArea Black Gap Wildlife Management Area (part)
hasRiver Pecos River
Rio Grande
hasSeatType unincorporated community
isRural true
isSparselyPopulated true
knownFor ranching heritage
sparsely populated rural character
landscape canyons
mesas
rugged desert
largestSettlement Sanderson
locatedIn Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion
linked to: Chihuahuan Desert

Southwestern Texas
linked to: southwest Texas

Texas
United States–Mexico border region
namedAfter Alexander W. Terrell NERFINISHED
partOf Trans-Pecos region
populationDensity very low
regionType rural
state Texas
terrain Chihuahuan Desert
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Referenced by (5)

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Pecos County borders Terrell County
Trans-Pecos region contains Terrell County
Val Verde County borderWith Terrell County
Crockett County borderedBy Terrell County
Brewster County borders Terrell County