Started in 1952, the West Texas Chapter is one of the largest geographical Chapters in the United States. It is larger than any state east of the Mississippi. It is larger than all but 4 states west of the Mississippi - one of those states being the rest of Texas. The Chapter is composed of 69 counties. A listing of those counties follows the map below.

The Chapter has some valiant statistics. They are:

74,943.2 Square Miles
47,963,648 Acres
1,386,247 Population

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NO.

COUNTY

SQUARE
MILES


POPULATION

NO.

COUNTY

SQUARE
MILES


POPULATION

1

Andrews

1,500.7

14,388

35

Knox

854.2

4,752

2

Archer

909.8

8,439

36

Loving

673.1

96

3

Baylor

870.8

4,467

37

Lubbock

899.6

233,486

4

Borden

898.9

793

38

Lynn

891.9

6,660

5

Brown

945.0

36,899

39

Martin

914.9

5,344

6

Callahan

898.7

12,466

40

Mason

932.1

3,589

7

Clay

1,097.8

10,550

41

McCulloch

1,069.4

8,733

8

Cochran

775.2

4,306

42

Menard

902.0

2,396

9

Coke

898.9

3,441

43

Midland

900.3

116,368

10

Coleman

1,272.9

9,926

44

Mills

748.2

5,076

11

Comanche

937.8

13,975

45

Mitchell

910.1

8,594

12

Concho

991.5

3,163

46

Nolan

912.1

17,017

13

Crane

785.6

4,636

47

Pecos

4,764.0

16,144

14

Crockett

2,807.6

4,479

48

Reagan

1,175.4

4,382

15

Crosby

899.6

7,079

49

Reeves

2,636.1

15,625

16

Dawson

902.1

15,223

50

Runnels

1,054.5

11,699

17

Dickens

904.3

2,497

51

Schleicher

1,310.7

3,144

18

Eastland

926.1

19,547

52

Scurry

902.6

19,038

19

Ector

901.1

122,910

53

Shackelford

914.0

3,445

20

Fisher

901.2

4,574

54

Stephens

894.7

9,764

21

Foard

706.7

1,870

55

Sterling

923.4

1,321

22

Gaines

1,502.0

14,352

56

Stonewall

918.7

1,771

23

Garza

895.6

4,670

57

Sutton

1,453.9

4,574

24

Gillespie

1,061.2

19,604

58

Taylor

915.7

126,805

25

Glasscock

900.8

1,408

59

Terrell

2,357.9

1,292

26

Hardeman

695.4

5,083

60

Terry

889.9

13,532

27

Haskell

903.0

6,526

61

Throckmorton

912.4

1,952

28

Hockley

908.3

24,001

62

Tom Green

1,522.2

104,398

29

Howard

902.9

32,878

63

Upton

1,241.8

4,149

30

Irion

1,051.6

1,600

64

Ward

835.6

12,839

31

Jones

931.1

18,439

65

Wichita

627.7

127,789

32

Kent

902.4

948

66

Wilbarger

971.1

15,855

33

Kimble

1,250.8

4,427

67

Winkler

841.1

8,213

34

King

912.3

336

68

Yoakum

799.8

8,573

       

69

Young

922.4

17,932

          TOTAL

74,943.2

1,386,247.0