Culberson County, Texas

Culberson County
County
Culberson County Courthouse in Van Horn
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 31°27′N 104°31′W / 31.45°N 104.52°W / 31.45; -104.52
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1912
Named for	David B. Culberson
Seat	Van Horn
Largest town	Van Horn
Area
• Total	3,813 sq mi (9,880 km2)
• Land	3,813 sq mi (9,880 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.01%
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,188
• Estimate  (2022)	2,155
• Density	0.6/sq mi (0.2/km2)
Time zones
most of county	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
northwestern	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	23rd
Website	www.co.culberson.tx.us

Culberson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,188.^[1] The county seat is Van Horn.^[2] Culberson County was founded in 1911 and organized the next year.^[3] It is named for David B. Culberson, a Confederate soldier and U.S. representative.

Culberson County is primarily in the Central Time Zone, but northwestern Culberson County, including Guadalupe Mountains National Park, is in the Mountain Time Zone, making it one of only a few U.S. counties officially split into two time zones. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas.