{"id":8146,"date":"2023-09-20T08:23:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T08:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8146"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:08","slug":"nolan-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/nolan-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan County, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nolan County is a county in Texas, United States, on the Rolling Plains southeast of Abilene. It had a population of 14,738 at the 2020 census and covers 912 square miles (2,360 km2) of land, centred near 32\u00b019\u2032N 100\u00b024\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Sweetwater is the county seat, and its postal code is 79556. The county has three incorporated cities (Sweetwater, Roscoe and Blackwell) plus several unincorporated communities, sits in the Central time zone, and carries FIPS code 48353. Texas has no civil townships, so this profile has no township section.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Nolan County<\/h2>\n

Nolan County has three incorporated cities and a handful of small unincorporated communities scattered along its rail lines and ranch roads. The table below marks the county seat with · seat and lists unincorporated places as Unincorp.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Sweetwater<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n10,431<\/td>\n79556<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roscoe<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n1,282<\/td>\n79545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blackwell<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n228<\/td>\n79506<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maryneal<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n79535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nolan<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hylton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Avenger Village<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Champion<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grimes<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herndon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Orient<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tesco<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wastella<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Blackwell straddles the Nolan–Coke county line; its post office and most of its platted lots sit on the Nolan County side. Brownlee and Shaufler, both former rail sidings named in older lists of the county, no longer appear as populated places on current maps and are omitted here.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n