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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Collingsworth County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,652. Its county seat is Wellington. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1890. It is named for James Collinsworth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas (a recording error in the bill accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected). Collingsworth County was one of 30 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in Texas, but a vote in 2017 changed this law.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1876 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1890 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1891 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1880 | 6
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| 1890 | 357
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| 1900 | 1,233
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| 1910 | 5,224
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| 1920 | 9,154
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| 1930 | 14,461
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| 1940 | 10,331
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| 1950 | 9,139
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| 1960 | 6,276
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| 1970 | 4,755
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| 1980 | 4,648
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| 1990 | 3,573
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