Dawson County, Texas

Dawson County is a county in Texas. The population of the county is 13,833.
Dawson County 	Texas
Founded 	1905
Named for 	Nicholas Mosby Dawson
County seat 	Lamesa
Population 	13,833
Habitat 	Farmland
Cong. District 	11th
County Guildmaster	Felix Quesada
Time Zone 	Central (UTC -6/-5)
== Major roads ==
US Route 87
US Route 87 Business
US Route 180
Texas State Highway 83
Texas State Highway 115
Texas State Highway 137
Texas State Highway 349
== Geography ==
=== Adjacent counties ===
Borden County (east)
Lynn County (north)
Terry County (northwest)
Martin County (south)
Gaines County (west)
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the county is:
55.09% Hispanic or Latino (7,620)
38.56% White (5,334)
5.20% Black or African American (720)
1.15% Other (159)
15.5% (2,144) of Dawson County residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Terry County has low to below average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The county reported 4 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.85 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
Pokemon 	Location	Rate
Charmander 	Farmland	1-25%
Charmeleon 	Farmland	1-10%
Rattata 	Farmland	1-35%
Raticate 	Farmland	1-20%
Ekans 	Farmland	1-23%
Arbok 	Farmland	1-10%
Pikachu 	Farmland	1-67%
Raichu 	Farmland	1-49%
Sandshrew 	Farmland	1-30%
Sandslash 	Farmland	1-20%
NidoranF/NidoranM	Farmland	1-17%
Nidorina/Nidorino	Farmland	1-7%
Vulpix 	Farmland	1-15%
Ponyta 	Farmland	1-40%
Rapidash 	Farmland	1-20%
Electabuzz 	Farmland	1-46%
Tauros 	Farmland	1-12%
Eevee 	Farmland	1-15%
Vaporeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Jolteon 	Farmland	1-15%
Flareon 	Farmland	1-10%
Cyndaquil 	Farmland	1-36%
Quilava 	Farmland	1-22%
Typhlosion 	Farmland	1-3%
Pichu 	Farmland	1-58%
Mareep 	Farmland	1-67%
Flaaffy 	Farmland	1-57%
Ampharos 	Farmland	1-44%
Espeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Umbreon 	Farmland	1-5%
Elekid 	Farmland	1-68%
Electrike 	Farmland	1-68%
Manectric 	Farmland	1-53%
Plusle/Minun 	Farmland	1-70%
Zangoose 	Farmland	1-25%
Seviper 	Farmland	1-10%
Chimchar 	Farmland	1-30%
Monferno 	Farmland	1-15%
Infernape 	Farmland	1-3%
Shinx 	Farmland	1-70%
Luxio 	Farmland	1-56%
Luxray 	Farmland	1-40%
Pachirisu 	Farmland	1-68%
Leafeon 	Farmland	1-5%
Glaceon 	Farmland	1-5%
Tepig 	Farmland	1-31%
Pignite 	Farmland	1-16%
Emboar 	Farmland	1%
Emolga 	Farmland	1-68%
Skiddo 	Farmland	1-37%
Gogoat 	Farmland	1-17%
Helioptile 	Farmland	1-68%
Heliolisk 	Farmland	1-52%
Sylveon 	Farmland	1-5%
Dedenne 	Farmland	1-65%
Togedemaru 	Farmland	1-70%
== Communities ==
=== Cities ===
Ackerly - 220
Lamesa - 9,422
Los Ybanez - 19
=== CDPs ===
Welch - 222
=== Unincorporated communities ===
Arvana
Fivemile
Hancock
Hindman
Klondike
Patricia
== Climate ==
Stats 	Amount
Average yearly rainfall 	19 inches
Average yearly snowfall 	5 inches
Average yearly sunny days	261
Severe storm risk 	10 (Very High)
Tornado risk 	8 (High)
Blizzard risk 	2 (Low)
== Fun facts ==
* Los Ybanez was organized in the late 1970s (formally incorporated in 1983) as one of several Texas municipalities that were organized in order to legalize local sale of alcoholic spirits. These were usually small areas of land, adjacent to larger towns or cities. Others included "Impact" near Abilene, TX and "Orbit" near Monahans, TX.
* The Dawson County Electric Reservation is located in between Lamesa and Welch.
* In 1995, a local discovered the Ackerly meteorite while plowing his cotton field.
* In 1943, the discovery well for the Spraberry Trend, the third-largest oil field in the United States by remaining reserves, was drilled in Dawson County on land owned by farmer Abner Spraberry, for whom the geological formation and associated field were named. While most of the oil fields are in the counties to the south, a small portion of the Spraberry Trend is in Dawson County. Production on the field did not begin until 1949, and by 1951, an oil boom was underway in the area, with Midland at its center.
* Dawson County has become powerfully Republican since the 1970s, being one of few counties in Texas to not vote for Jimmy Carter.
Category:Texas Counties