Wellman, Texas
Wellman is a small city in Terry County on the southern High Plains of West Texas, about 50 miles southwest of Lubbock. It sits amid the flat, open cotton farmland that has long defined Terry County, one of the leading cotton-producing areas of the state, with oil and gas also woven through the local economy. The town began as a shipping point on the railroad that crossed the plains and remains a quiet farming community.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 229
- Change from 2020 base
- -0.4%
- Land area
- 0.3 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Terry 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 Terry 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 Wellman
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Wellman.
High Plains Landscape
Terry County's Flat Map Is Full of Playas and Draws
The county has no natural rivers or streams, but rain still gathers in shallow playas and slips through draws across the southern High Plains.
Property Tax
How Property Taxes Work in Terry County
Terry County uses a separate appraisal district and tax office, and the tax office does not collect property taxes directly.
County Seat History
Brownfield Gave Every Voter a Lot and Won the County Seat
Brownfield's founders measured a townsite with 100 feet of wire, offered every county voter a lot, and narrowly beat Gomez for the courthouse.
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