Ector County

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Ector County is a county in western Texas best known for encompassing the city of Odessa and its significant role in the Permian Basin oil industry.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ector County canonical 3
Ector County, Texas 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Andrews County, Texas NERFINISHED
Crane County, Texas
Midland County, Texas NERFINISHED
Upton County, Texas
Ward County, Texas NERFINISHED
Winkler County, Texas NERFINISHED
congressionalDistrict Texas's 11th congressional district
contains Gardendale, Texas
Goldsmith, Texas
Odessa, Texas
Penwell, Texas
West Odessa, Texas
country United States
dateEstablished 1887
economy oilfield services
petroleum extraction
FIPSCode 48-135
GNISID 1378235
hasAirport Odessa-Schlemeyer Field
hasAreaCode 432
hasCommunityCollege Odessa College
hasCountySeat Odessa, Texas
hasCourthouse Ector County Courthouse
hasMetropolitanArea Odessa metropolitan area
linked to: Odessa
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.co.ector.tx.us/
hasPublicUniversity University of Texas Permian Basin
hasSchoolDistrict Ector County Independent School District
hasZIPCode 79761
79762
79763
79764
79765
isPartOf Odessa–Midland combined statistical area
knownFor Permian Basin petroleum production
oil industry
largestCity Odessa, Texas
legislativeDistrict Texas House District 81
Texas Senate District 31
locatedIn Texas
western Texas
namedAfter Mathew Ector
organizedOn 1891
partOf Permian Basin
region West Texas
state Texas
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas Panhandle hasCounty Ector County
Odessa, Texas county Ector County, Texas
linked to: Ector County
Ward County bordersOn Ector County
Midland County borderingCounty Ector County
Martin County hasBorderWith Ector County, Texas
linked to: Ector County