Company name: Texas Agrilife Extension

Description: Yoakum County is located on the southern portion of the Texas High Plains and borders the state of New Mexico. Named for Henderson Yoakum, a pioneer historian, the county was organized in 1907. With respect to metropolitan areas, Plains (the county seat) is 100 miles from Roswell, New Mexico; 99 miles from Odessa, Texas; and 75 miles from Lubbock, Texas. The current population is 8, 786. The county is square and covers 800 square miles of land area. The surface is gently undulating over most of the county... Read More →