Culberson County
P.O. Box 158
Van Horn, Texas 79855
Phone: 432-283-2058
Fax: 432-283-9234 |
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Culberson County is a county located in the state of
Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,188. The
county seat is Van Horn. Culberson County was founded in
1911 and organized the next year. It is named for David B.
Culberson, a lawyer and Confederate soldier in the American
Civil War. |
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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 counties officially split into
two time zones. It is one of the nine counties that comprise
the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. |
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Guadalupe Mountains National Park includes only the part
of the range, the highest and southernmost, that lies in
northwestern Culberson County. |
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