Swisher County is a county in Texas, United States, on the Llano Estacado of the Texas Panhandle. It had a population of 6,971 at the 2020 census and covers 901 square miles (2,330 km2) centred near 34\u00b032\u2032N 101\u00b044\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Tulia is the county seat, and its postal code is 79088. The county has 2 incorporated cities and 1 town, plus 2 unincorporated communities. Swisher County is in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Swisher County has 5 named places on record: 2 incorporated cities, 1 incorporated town, and 2 unincorporated communities (CDPs and unincorporated places are marked below).<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulia<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 5,302<\/td>\n | 79088<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kress<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 1,101<\/td>\n | 79052<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Happy<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | 595<\/td>\n | 79042<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Vigo Park<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 79088<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kaffir<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 79088<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Happy sits mostly in neighboring Randall County, with only a small share of the town extending into Swisher County. The old scrape’s “Center Plains”, “Claytonville”, “Eunice”, and “Lakeview” are historic rural place names with no verifiable current population or ZIP data and are omitted here; see notes.md.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nSwisher County is served by three ZIP codes, all centred on its three named towns.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nSwisher County lies on the flat, high-elevation Llano Estacado tableland of the Texas Panhandle, drained by tributaries of the Tule Creek and Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, which cuts a canyon through the southeastern part of the county. The terrain is mostly level to gently rolling shortgrass prairie given over to irrigated cropland.<\/p>\n |