Wellington, Texas
Wellington is a city in Collingsworth County in the eastern Texas Panhandle, set on the High Plains cotton country about 99 miles southeast of Amarillo. The Salt Fork of the Red River runs north of town, where in 1933 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow wrecked their car in a well-remembered episode of local history. The town developed as a farm and ranch center on the flat, wind-swept plains near the far eastern edge of the Panhandle.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 1,770
- Change from 2020 base
- -6.5%
- Land area
- 1.4 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Collingsworth County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Collingsworth County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Wellington
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Wellington.
County History
Collingsworth County Grew From Open Range to Cotton Fields
Collingsworth County started as open-range cattle country in the 1870s and shifted to farming after 1890, becoming a significant producer of cotton, wheat, and peanuts.
Property Tax
Two Offices Handle Property Tax in Collingsworth County
Here the appraisal district both sets your property value and collects the tax on it. The county tax assessor-collector doesn't touch property bills at all.
Water Wells
A Groundwater District Regulates Water Wells Here
If you plan to drill a water well in Collingsworth County, you must work with the Mesquite Groundwater Conservation District first.
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