Cottle County, Texas

Cottle County
Cottle County
County
	Cottle County Courthouse in Paducah
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 34°05′N 100°16′W / 34.08°N 100.27°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1892
Named for	George Washington Cottle
Seat	Paducah
Largest town	Paducah
Area
• Total	902 sq mi (2,340 km2)
• Land	901 sq mi (2,330 km2)
• Water	1.1 sq mi (3 km2) 0.1%
Population (2020)
• Total	1,380
• Density	1.5/sq mi (0.59/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	13th
Website	www.co.cottle.tx.us

Cottle County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,380.^[1]^[2] Its county seat is Paducah.^[3] The county was founded in 1876 and later organized in 1892.^[4] It is named for George Washington Cottle,^[5] who died defending the Alamo. Cottle County was formerly one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry counties in the state of Texas. It now allows beer and wine sales.

The Matador Ranch, based in neighboring Motley County, once reached into Cottle County.^[6]

^ "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cottle County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
^ "Cottle County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 93.
^ "Matador Ranch," Historical marker, Texas Historical Commission, Motley County, Texas