Municipal
· Texas
City of Wink
Wink is a city in Winkler County, Texas, United States. Its population was 915 at the 2020 census. Wink was a temporary childhood home to singer and songwriter Roy Orbison, although he was born in Vernon, Texas. Orbison later described the major components of life in Wink as "football, oil fields, oil, grease, and sand", and in later years expressed relief that he was able to leave the desolate town.
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Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 209639
- FIPS state
- 48
- FIPS county
- 495
- FIPS place
- 79768
- Census record name
- CITY OF WINK
- Mailing address
- PO BOX 400, WINK 79789