page_title: Lubbock County, Texas
hierarchical_section_title: Lubbock County, Texas
caption_attribution_description: English: 1891 Lubbock County Courthouse Français&#160;: Maison du comté de Lubbock en 1891
context_page_description: Lubbock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 278,831. Its county seat is Lubbock. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It is named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Confederate colonel and Texas Ranger.
  Lubbock County, along with Crosby County, and Lynn County, is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Lubbock MSA and Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing only Hockley County, form the larger Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Lubbock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 278,831. Its county seat is Lubbock. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1891. It is named for Thomas Saltus Lubbock, a Confederate colonel and Texas Ranger (some sources give his first name as Thompson).
  Lubbock County, along with Crosby County, and Lynn County, is part of the Lubbock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The Lubbock MSA and Levelland Micropolitan Statistical Area (µSA), encompassing only Hockley County, form the larger Lubbock–Levelland Combined Statistical Area.
caption: The first Lubbock County Courthouse was used from 1891-1916.
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