The seat of Crosby County, Crosbyton is located in Crosby County, just east of Lubbock along US 82 on the Llano Estacado a few miles west of Blanco Canyon of the White River.
On May 1, 1976, the Federal Energy Research and Development Administration awarded a $2.4 million research grant to Texas Tech University for a solar power project at Crosbyton. In addition, the United States Department of Energy signed a $2.5 million contract with Texas Tech for construction of a sixty-five-foot mirrored dish 2 miles south of Crosbyton. At the time it was the largest single solar collector in the world.
Earlier, Crosbyton had been the home of the world's largest cotton gin. In 1980 the town had fifty-five businesses and a population of 2,289. In 1990 the population of Crosbyton was 2,026.
