Wilson, Texas
Wilson is a small farming city in Lynn County on the flat High Plains of the South Plains, about 19 miles south of Lubbock. It was established in the early twentieth century in anticipation of the railroad, and its economy has long centered on cotton and its ginning. The country around it is open, level cropland typical of the Llano Estacado.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 464
- Change from 2020 base
- +7.4%
- Land area
- 0.6 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Lynn 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 Lynn 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 Wilson
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Wilson.
County History
Lynn County grew from open range to cotton fields in just a generation
Lynn County was created in 1876 but sat unorganized for nearly 30 years, then transformed quickly from cattle ranches into one of the High Plains' major cotton producers.
Property Tax
Two offices handle your property taxes in Lynn County
In Lynn County the appraisal district both values your property and collects the tax, so the office you'd expect to mail the check to isn't the one that takes it.
Homestead Exemption
Homestead exemption can lower your property tax bill in Lynn County
If you own and live in your Lynn County home, a residence homestead exemption lowers part of the taxable value used for your bill.
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