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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
Culberson County is a county located in the U.S. 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.
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.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1911 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1911 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1911 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1911 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1911 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1911 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1920 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1920 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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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| 1920 | 912
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| 1930 | 1,228
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| 1940 | 1,653
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| 1950 | 1,825
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| 1960 | 2,794
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| 1970 | 3,429
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| 1980 | 3,315
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| 1990 | 3,407
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