SOUTH PLAINS

'South Plains' is a region in West Texas comprising the area north of the Caprock Escarpment on the Llano Estacado, and extending north into the Texas Panhandle. Centered at Lubbock, the South Plains are mainly an agricultural region, producing one of the nation's best cotton crops, as well as oil and cattle. The South Plains is home to Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

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Counties

Cotton

Regional identity

External links

Counties

The South Plains region includes 23 counties:

★ Bailey

★ Borden

★ Briscoe

★ Castro

★ Cochran

★ Crosby

★ Dawson

★ Dickens

★ Floyd

★ Gaines

★ Garza

★ Hale

★ Hockley

★ Kent

★ King

★ Lamb

★ Lubbock

★ Lynn

★ Motley

★ Parmer

★ Scurry

★ Swisher

★ Terry

★ Yoakum
The northernmost four (Parmer, Castro, Swisher, and Briscoe) are also considered to be part of the Texas Panhandle region.

Cotton

Cotton is the most common crop grown in South Plains region. In 2004 and again in 2005, records were broken for cotton production.[1] In an extended area comprising 31 counties in and near the South Plains, more than a million bales of cotton were harvested in 2005. This makes the South Plains the world’s largest cotton-producing region.
See also:

★ National Cotton Council of America: United States Cotton Production

★ USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Crop Explorer.

Regional identity

There are many businesses and organizations that use “South Plains” as part of their name, helping to form the South Plains regional identity. These include South Plains College in Levelland, Texas; the South Plains Fair held annually in Lubbock, Texas; the South Plains Regional Chapter of the American Red Cross; Boy Scouts of America South Plains Council; and numerous other public and private organizations.
The South Plains is a smaller region within the Llano Estacado. Residents of the South Plains claim residency in both regions.

External links

★ South Plains Fair

★ South Plains Regional Chapter, American Red Cross

★ South Plains Council