Editing Brewster County, Texas (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|6192|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|6184|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|8.5|sqmi}} (0.1%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 19, 2015 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the largest county in Texas by area. The only substantial water is half the width of the [[Rio Grande]].

The county's area is larger than the combined area of Delaware and Rhode Island, and larger than area of the individual states [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], and [[Rhode Island]].

The [[Roadian]] Age of the [[Permian]] Period of geological time is named for rock strata in Road Canyon in the northern part of the county.<ref>Geological Survey Bulletin, Issue 1350, Geological Survey (U.S.)
page 831, Grace C. Keroher (1970)</ref>

The [[Wordian]] Age of the Permian Period is probably named for the Word Ranch in the Glass Mountains, also in the northern part.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/WordRefs_11238.html |title=Geolex — Word publications |website=ngmdb.usgs.gov |access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties and municipalities===
[[File:Big Bend South Rim sunset.jpg|thumb|260px|Sunset in [[Big Bend National Park]] ]]
* [[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos County]] (north)
* [[Terrell County, Texas|Terrell County]] (east)
* [[Acuña (municipality)|Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico]] (southeast and south)
* [[Ocampo Municipality, Coahuila|Ocampo, Coahuila, Mexico]] (south)
* [[Manuel Benavides|Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico]] (southwest)
* [[Presidio County, Texas|Presidio County]] (west)
* [[Jeff Davis County, Texas|Jeff Davis County]] (northwest)

===National protected areas===
* [[Big Bend National Park]]
* [[Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River]] (part)

===Major highways===
* [[File:US 67.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 67 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 67]]
* [[File:US 90.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 90 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 90]]
* [[File:US 385.svg|23px]] [[U.S. Highway 385 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 385]]
* [[File:Texas 118.svg|23px]] [[State Highway 118 (Texas)|State Highway 118]]

[[U.S. Highway 90 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 90]] crosses the county in the north; [[U.S. Highway 385 (Texas)|U.S. Highway 385]] enters Brewster County from the northeast and proceeds south to the county's main attraction, [[Big Bend National Park]], part of the [[Big Bend, Texas|Big Bend]]. The [[Sunset Route]] of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] crosses northern parts of the county, and a recently revived portion of the [[Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway]] traverses the county en route to [[Presidio, Texas|Presidio]].