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| | Handbook of Texas Online: WARD COUNTY |
 | | Monahans, the county seat, is in the northeastern corner of Ward County at the intersection of Interstate Highway 20 and Farm Road 18, thirty-three miles southwest of Odessa on the Missouri Pacific Railroad. |
 | | Ward County covers 539,460 acres, or 836 square miles, of generally level land; elevations range from 2,400 to 2,800 feet above sea level. |
 | | BIBLIOGRAPHY: Texas Permian Historical Society, Water, Oil, Sand and Sky: A History of Ward County (Monahans, Texas, Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1962). |
| www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/hcw3.html (1463 words) |
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