Gaines

Gaines County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, its population was 21,598. The county seat is . It gained national attention in 2025 for a major outbreak of measles.
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  • Type: County with 21,600 residents
  • Description: county in Texas, United States
  • Also known as: Gaines County”, “Gaines County, Texas”, and “Gaines County, TX

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seminole.

Town
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a city in and the county seat of Gaines County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,430 at the 2010 census. and Gaines County are home to a large population of Low German Mennonites from Russia that came to West Texas in the 1980s.

Gaines

Latitude
32.7045° or 32° 42′ 16″ north
Longitude
-102.6221° or 102° 37′ 19″ west
Population
21,600
Elevation
3,310 feet (1,009 metres)
Open location code
854VP93H+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316998312
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
5521974
Wiki­data ID
Q109836
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Gaines” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Gaines County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة غينز
  • Arabic: مقاطعه غينز، تكساس
  • Armenian: Գեյնս շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Gaines
  • Basque: Gaines konderria
  • Bavarian: Gaines County, Texas
  • Bavarian: Gaines County
  • Belarusian: Гейнс (акруга)
  • Belarusian: Гейнс
  • Bishnupriya: গেইনেস কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস
  • Bishnupriya: গেইনেস কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Гейнс
  • Catalan: comtat de Gaines
  • Cebuano: Gaines County
  • Chinese: Gaines Kūn
  • Chinese: 盖恩斯县
  • Chinese: 蓋恩斯縣
  • Chinese: 蓋恩斯郡
  • Czech: Gaines County
  • Dutch: Gaines County
  • Esperanto: Gaines County
  • Esperanto: kantono Gaines
  • Esperanto: Kantono Gaines
  • Estonian: Gainesi maakond
  • Finnish: Gainesin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Gaines
  • French: Comté de Gaines
  • French: Gaines County
  • Ganda: Gaines County,Texas
  • Georgian: გეინზის ოლქი
  • German: Gaines County
  • Gilaki: گینس ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: Κομητεία Γκέινς
  • Hungarian: Gaines megye
  • Indonesian: County Gaines, Texas
  • Indonesian: County Gaines
  • Indonesian: Gaines County
  • Irish: Contae Gaines, Texas
  • Irish: Contae Gaines
  • Italian: contea di Gaines
  • Italian: Contea di Gaines
  • Italian: Gaines County
  • Japanese: ゲインズ郡
  • Korean: 게인즈군
  • Latin: Gaines Comitatus
  • Low German: Gaines County
  • Mazanderani: گینس شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Gaines Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gaines Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gaines County
  • Norwegian: Gaines County
  • Persian: شهرستان گینس، تگزاس
  • Persian: شهرستان گینس
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Gaines
  • Portuguese: condado de Gaines
  • Portuguese: Condado de Gaines
  • Portuguese: Gaines County
  • Romanian: Comitatul Gaines, Texas
  • Romanian: Comitatul Gaines
  • Russian: Гейнз
  • Russian: Гейнс
  • Sardinian: contea de Gaines
  • Scottish Gaelic: Gaines County
  • Serbian: Округ Гејнс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gaines County, Texas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Gaines County
  • Spanish: condado de Gaines
  • Spanish: Condado de Gaines
  • Spanish: Gaines County
  • Swedish: Gaines County
  • Tatar: Гейнз (округ, Техас)
  • Tatar: Гейнз
  • Tumbuka: Gaines County,Texas
  • Turkish: Gaines County, Teksas
  • Turkish: Gaines County, Tex.
  • Turkish: Gaines County, TX
  • Turkish: Gaines County
  • Turkish: Gaines ilçesi, Teksas
  • Turkish: Gaines ilçesi, Tex.
  • Turkish: Gaines ilçesi, TX
  • Turkish: Gaines ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Гейнс
  • Ukrainian: Ґейнс
  • Urdu: گیئنز کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس
  • Urdu: گیئنز کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Gaines
  • Vietnamese: Quận Gaines, Texas
  • Vietnamese: Quận Gaines
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Gaines, Texas
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Gaines
  • Welsh: Gaines County, Texas
  • Welsh: Gaines County
  • Western Panjabi: گینز کاؤنٹی

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