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Nolan County is a county located in the west central region of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 15,216.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48353.html )〕 Its county seat is Sweetwater.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1881. It is named for Philip Nolan, one of the first American traders to visit Texas. Nolan County comprises the Sweetwater, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area. Susan King has been since 2007 the Republican state representative from Nolan as well as Jones and Taylor counties.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Susan King )〕 From 1921 to 1925, the Democrat Richard M. Chitwood of Sweetwater, represented Nolan County in the state House. As chairman of the House Education Committee, we worked in 1923 to establish what became Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He had first tired to obtain the institution for Sweetwater as the central location of West Texas. After the institution was established, he resigned from the House to move to Lubbock to become the first Texas Tech business manager. He served in that capacity for just fifteen months; he died in Dallas in November 1926.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Richard M. Chitwood )〕 ==Geography== According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.2%) is water. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nolan County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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