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Located in the Permian Basin in West Texas, Midland is a major center for American oil and natural gas production. Midland is the principal city of the Midland, Texas metropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Midland County, the population of which was 169,983 in the 2020 U.S. Census. [6]
Former Midland County courthouse marked for razing Midland County Public Library in Midland. Midland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2020, the population was 169,983. [1] The county seat is Midland. [2] The county is so named for being halfway (midway) between Fort Worth and El Paso on the Texas and Pacific Railway.
The Midland Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Midland – in West Texas, anchored by the city of Midland. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 169,983.
The Midland–Odessa area, informally known as The Petroplex, akin to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, is located along Interstate 20 in West Texas in a petroleum rich area called the Permian Basin. The Permian Basin extends into the South Plains region just south of Lubbock, Texas, extending westward into southeastern New Mexico.
The Texas cities of Midland, Odessa and San Angelo serve as headquarters for some of the oil production activities in the basin. The Permian Basin is also a major source of potassium salts . Potash mines are located in Lea and Eddy counties, New Mexico, and are operated by the room and pillar method.
The following is a complete list of 25 metropolitan areas in Texas, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The largest two are ranked among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Some metropolitan areas contain metropolitan divisions. Two metropolitan divisions exist within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA.
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In 1939, Harvey Sloan sold the field to the City of Midland for $14,500. As war clouds gathered over Europe in the late 1930s, Midland businessmen could foresee the possibility of a military base in West Texas and in 1940 they started promoting the airfield for use as a training base to the military establishment in Washington.