List of counties in Texas
The US state of Texas is divided into 254 counties , more than any other state.
Texas emerged from areas that were previously under Spanish and Mexican control. The local administrative units were therefore called " parishes " before the proclamation of the Republic of Texas (1836) . In 1836 there were 23 such parishes, which then became the 23 original counties. The other counties were usually created by splitting off from one or more of the older counties if the increasing population density made this appear necessary (see column "Origin" in the table).
The FIPS code for Texas is 48, so the individual counties have a code of the form 48XXX, with the XXX being replaced by the code of the corresponding county.
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county |
FIPS code |
Administrative center ( the county seat ) |
Founded |
origin |
Origin of name |
population |
surface |
map |
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| Anderson County | 001 | Palestine | 1846 | Houston County | Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805–1845) , last Vice President of the Republic of Texas | 55.109 | 2,774 km² ( 1,071 sq mi) |
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| Andrews County | 003 | Andrews | 1876 | Bexar County | Richard Andrews (? -1835) , the first Texan soldier in the Texan War of Independence fell | 13.004 | 3,888 km² ( 1,501 sq mi) |
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| Angelina County | 005 | Lufkin | 1846 | Nacogdoches County | A Hainai Indian who helped the Spanish missionaries and was called the "little angel" (Spanish: Angelina ) | 80.130 | 2,077 km² ( 802 sq mi) |
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| Aransas County | 007 | Rockport | 1871 | Refugio County |
Aransas Bay , in turn after a Spanish fort, possibly after Sanctuario de Aránzazu ( Arantzazu is Basque for "place of thorns") |
22,497 | 653 km² ( 252 sq mi) |
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| Archer County | 009 | Archer City | 1858 | Fannin County | Branch Tanner Archer | 8,854 | 2,357 km² ( 910 sq mi) |
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| Armstrong County | 011 | Claude | 1876 | Bexar County | An American settler family | 2.148 | 2,367 km² ( 914 sq mi) |
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| Atascosa County | 013 | Jourdanton | 1856 | Bexar County | Spanish: Boggy | 38,628 | 3,191 km² ( 1,232 sq mi) |
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| Austin County | 015 | Bellville | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836) , known as the "Father of Texas" | 23,590 | 1,691 km² ( 653 sq mi) |
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| Bailey County | 017 | Muleshoe | 1876 | Bexar County | Peter James Bailey , Alamo attorney | 6,594 | 2,142 km² ( 827 sq mi) |
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| Bandera County | 019 | Bandera | 1856 | Bexar County | Bandera Pass , from the Spanish word for "flag" | 17,645 | 2,051 km² ( 792 sq mi) |
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| Bastrop County | 021 | Bastrop | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Felipe Enrique Neri , Baron de Bastrop, Danish settler | 57,733 | 2,300 km² ( 888 sq mi) |
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| Baylor County | 023 | Seymour | 1858 | Fannin County | Henry Weidner Baylor , surgeon for the Texas Rangers during the Mexican-American War | 4,093 | 2,256 km² ( 871 sq mi) |
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| Bee County | 025 | Beeville | 1857 | San Patricio County , Goliad County , Refugio County , Live Oak County , and Karnes County | Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr. (1787-1853) , Republic of Texas politician | 32,359 | 2,279 km² ( 880 sq mi) |
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| Bell County | 027 | Belton | 1850 | Milam County | Peter Hansborough Bell , third Texas Governor (1849-1853) | 237.974 | 2,743 km² ( 1,059 sq mi) |
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| Bexar County | 029 | San Antonio | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | San Antonio de Béxar , an important presidio in Texas, Mexico, after the San Antonio River and Baltasar de Zúñiga y Guzmán from the family of the Dukes of Béjar | 1,392,931 | 3,230 km² ( 1,247 sq mi) |
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| Blanco County | 031 | Johnson City | 1858 | Burnet County , Comal County , Gillespie County, and Hays County | Blanco River | 8,418 | 1,841 km² ( 711 sq mi) |
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| Borden County | 033 | Gail | 1876 | Bexar County | Gail Borden (1801–1874) , businessman, publisher and inventor of condensed milk | 729 | 2,328 km² ( 899 sq mi) |
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| Bosque County | 035 | meridian | 1854 | McLennan County | The Bosque River ( Bosque is Spanish for "wooden") |
17.204 | 2,561 km² ( 989 sq mi) |
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| Bowie County | 037 | New Boston | 1840 | Red River County | Jim Bowie (1796–1836) , fighter in the Battle of the Alamo | 89,306 | 2,300 km² ( 888 sq mi) |
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| Brazoria County | 039 | Angleton | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Brazoria (Texas) , formerly the port on the Brazos River | 241,767 | 3,592 km² ( 1,387 sq mi) |
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| Brazos County | 041 | Bryan | 1841 |
Washington County Was called Navasota County until 1842 |
Brazos River | 152.415 | 1,518 km² ( 586 sq mi) |
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| Brewster County | 043 | Alpine | 1887 | Presidio County | Henry Percy Brewster (1816–1884) , Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas and soldier in the Civil War | 8,866 | 16,040 km² ( 6,193 sq mi) |
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| Briscoe County | 045 | Silverton | 1876 | Bexar County | Andrew Briscoe (1810–1849) , signatory of the Declaration of Independence from Texas | 1,790 | 2,331 km² ( 900 sq mi) |
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| Brooks County | 047 | Falfurrias | 1911 | Starr County | James Abijah Brooks , Texas ranger and politician | 7,976 | 2,442 km² ( 943 sq mi) |
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| Brown County | 049 | Brownwood | 1856 | Comanche County and Travis County | Henry Stevenson Brown , officer in the Battle of Velasco | 37,674 | 2,445 km² ( 944 sq mi) |
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| Burleson County | 051 | Caldwell | 1846 | Milam County | Edward Burleson (1798–1851) , general and statesman of the Texan Revolution | 16,470 | 1,725 km² ( 666 sq mi) |
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| Burnet County | 053 | Burnet | 1852 | Bell County , Travis County, and Williamson County | David Governor Burnet , first President of the Republic of Texas (1836) | 34,147 | 2,577 km² ( 995 sq mi) |
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| Caldwell County | 055 | Lockhart | 1848 | Bastrop County and Gonzales County | Mathew Caldwell , signatory of the Texan Declaration of Independence and a soldier during the Texan Revolution | 32.194 | 1,414 km² ( 546 sq mi) |
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| Calhoun County | 057 | Port Lavaca | 1846 | Jackson County , Matagorda County, and Victoria County | John C. Calhoun , seventh Vice President of the United States (1825–1832) | 20,647 | 1,326 km² ( 512 sq mi) |
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| Callahan County | 059 | Baird | 1858 | Bexar County , Bosque County , and Travis County | James Hughes Callahan , soldier during the Texan Revolution | 12,905 | 2,328 km² ( 899 sq mi) |
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| Cameron County | 061 | Brownsville | 1848 | Nueces County and lands of Mexico | Ewen Cameron , a soldier during the Texan Revolution, killed during the Black Bean episode | 335.227 | 2,347 km² ( 906 sq mi) |
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| Camp County | 063 | Pittsburg | 1874 | Upshur County | John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) , politician | 11,549 | 513 km² ( 198 sq mi) |
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| Carson County | 065 | Panhandle | 1876 | Bexar County | Samuel Price Carson , First Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas (1836–1838) | 6,516 | 2,391 km² ( 923 sq mi) |
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| Cass County | 067 | Linden trees | 1846 | Bowie County | Lewis Cass (1782–1866) , Michigan Senator. Was Davis County 1861–1871 | 30,438 | 2,429 km² ( 938 sq mi) |
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| Castro County | 069 | Dimmitt | 1876 | Bexar County | Henri Castro (1786–1865) , French general | 8,285 | 2,326 km² ( 898 sq mi) |
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| Chambers County | 071 | Anahuac | 1858 | Jefferson County and Liberty County | Thomas Jefferson Chambers, former Texas attorney | 26,031 | 1,551 km² ( 599 sq mi) |
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| Cherokee County | 073 | Rusk | 1846 | Nacogdoches County | The Cherokee Indians | 46,659 | 2,725 km² ( 1,052 sq mi) |
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| Childress County | 075 | Childress | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | George Campbell Childress (1804–1841) , one of the authors of the Texas Declaration of Independence | 7,688 | 1,839 km² ( 710 sq mi) |
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| Clay County | 077 | Henrietta | 1857 | Cooke County | Henry Clay , Kentucky Politician and Secretary of State (1825–1829) | 11.006 | 2,844 km² ( 1,098 sq mi) |
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| Cochran County | 079 | Morton | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Robert E. Cochran (1810–1836) , defender of "The Alamo" | 3,730 | 2,007 km² ( 775 sq mi) |
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| Coke County | 081 | Robert Lee | 1889 | Tom Green County | Richard Coke , 15th Governor of Texas (1874–1876) | 3,864 | 2,328 km² ( 899 sq mi) |
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| Coleman County | 083 | Coleman | 1858 | Brown County and Travis County | Robert M. Coleman , signatory of the Texan Declaration of Independence and soldier in the Battle of San Jacinto | 9,235 | 3,297 km² ( 1,273 sq mi) |
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| Collin County | 085 | McKinney | 1846 | Fannin County | Collin McKinney (1766–1861) , author of the Texan Declaration of Independence | 491,675 | 2,196 km² ( 848 sq mi) |
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| Collingsworth County | 087 | Wellington | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County |
James Collinsworth , Texas Declaration of Independence signer and politician (names are spelled differently due to a typographical error in the county's charter) |
3,206 | 2,380 km² ( 919 sq mi) |
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| Colorado County | 089 | Columbus | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Colorado River | 20,390 | 2,494 km² ( 963 sq mi) |
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| Comal County | 091 | New Braunfels | 1846 | Bexar County | Comal River | 78.021 | 1,456 km² ( 562 sq mi) |
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| Comanche County | 093 | Comanche | 1856 | Bosque County and Coryell County | The Comanche | 14,026 | 2,429 km² ( 938 sq mi) |
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| Concho County | 095 | Paint rock | 1858 | Bexar County | Concho River | 3,966 | 2,569 km² ( 992 sq mi) |
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| Cooke County | 097 | Gainesville | 1848 | Fannin County | William Gordon Cooke , soldier during the Texas Revolution | 36,363 | 2,264 km² ( 874 sq mi) |
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| Coryell County | 099 | Gatesville | 1854 | Bell County | James Coryell , trapper killed by Indians | 74,978 | 2,725 km² ( 1,052 sq mi) |
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| Cottle County | 101 | Paducah | 1876 | Fannin County | George Washington Cottle , soldier died defending The Alamo, Texas | 1,904 | 2,334 km² ( 901 sq mi) |
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| Crane County | 103 | Crane | 1887 | Tom Green County | William Carey Crane , President of Baylor University | 3,996 | 2,036 km² ( 786 sq mi) |
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| Crockett County | 105 | Ozone | 1875 | Bexar County | David Crockett (1786-1836) , legendary fighter in the battle of the Alamo fell | 4,099 | 7,273 km² ( 2,808 sq mi) |
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| Crosby County | 107 | Crosbyton | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Stephen Crosby | 7,072 | 2,331 km² ( 900 sq mi) |
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| Culberson County | 109 | Van Horn | 1911 | El Paso County | David B. Culberson , lawyer and soldier in the American Civil War | 2,975 | 9,876 km² ( 3,813 sq mi) |
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| Dallam County | 111 | Dalhart | 1876 | Bexar County | James Wilmer Dallam , lawyer and newspaper publisher | 6.222 | 3,898 km² ( 1,505 sq mi) |
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| Dallas County | 113 | Dallas | 1846 | Nacogdoches County and Robertson County | George M. Dallas , eleventh Vice President of the United States (1845–1849) (Disputed) | 2,294,706 | 2,279 km² ( 880 sq mi) |
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| Dawson County | 115 | Lamesa | 1846 | Bexar County | Nicholas Mosby Dawson , soldier during the Texan Revolution and victim of the Dawson massacre | 14,985 | 2,336 km² ( 902 sq mi) |
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| Deaf Smith County | 117 | Hereford | 1876 | Bexar County | Erastus "Deaf" Smith (1787–1837) , enlightener during the Texas Revolution | 18,561 | 3,877 km² ( 1,497 sq mi) |
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| Delta County | 119 | cooper | 1870 | Hopkins County and Lamar County | Because of its triangular shape after the Greek letter delta | 5,327 | 717 km² ( 277 sq mi) |
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| Denton County | 121 | The tone | 1846 | Fannin County | John Bunyan Denton (1806–1841) , soldier | 584.238 | 2,300 km² ( 888 sq mi) |
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| DeWitt County | 123 | Cuero | 1846 | Goliad County , Gonzales County, and Victoria County | Green DeWitt , empresario who founded an early colony in Texas | 20,013 | 2,354 km² ( 909 sq mi) |
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| Dickens County | 125 | dickens | 1876 | Bexar County | J. Dickens , killed in the Battle of the Alamo | 2,762 | 2,341 km² ( 904 sq mi) |
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| Dimmit County | 127 | Carrizo Springs | 1858 | Bexar Counties , Maverick Counties , Uvalde Counties, and Webb Counties | Philip Dimmitt , eminent figure in the Texas Revolution | 10,248 | 3,447 km² ( 1,331 sq mi) |
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| Donley County | 129 | Clarendon | 1876 | Bexar County | Stockton P. Donley , Frontline Legal Scholar | 3,828 | 2,409 km² ( 930 sq mi) |
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| Duval County | 131 | San Diego | 1858 | Live Oak County , Nueces County, and Starr County | Burr Harrison DuVal (1809–1836) , soldier, killed in the Goliad Massacre | 13,120 | 4,644 km² ( 1,793 sq mi) |
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| Eastland County | 133 | Eastland | 1858 | Bosque County , Coryell County, and Travis County | William Mosby Eastland , soldier in the Texas Revolution | 18,297 | 2,398 km² ( 926 sq mi) |
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| Ector County | 135 | Odessa | 1887 | Tom Green County | Mathew Duncan Ector (1822–1879) , General of the Confederation | 121.123 | 2,334 km² ( 901 sq mi) |
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| Edwards County | 137 | Rocksprings | 1858 | Bexar County | Haden Edwards (1771-1849) | 2.162 | 5,491 km² ( 2,120 sq mi) |
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| Ellis County | 139 | Waxahachia | 1849 | Navarro County | Richard Ellis (1781–1846) , President of the Commission who drafted the Texan Declaration of Independence | 111,360 | 2,435 km² ( 940 sq mi) |
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| El Paso County | 141 | El Paso | 1848 | Santa Fe County | The neighboring Ciudad Juárez , formerly El Paso del Norte , because it served as a passport from Mexico to New Mexico | 721,598 | 2,624 km² ( 1,013 sq mi) |
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| Erath County | 143 | Stephenville | 1856 | Bosque County and Coryell County | George Bernard Erath , soldier in the Battle of San Jacinto | 33.001 | 2,813 km² ( 1,086 sq mi) |
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| Falls County | 145 | marlin | 1850 | Limestone County and Milam County | Waterfalls on the Brazos River | 18,576 | 1,992 km² ( 769 sq mi) |
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| Fannin County | 147 | Bonham | 1837 | Red River County | James Walker Fannin, Jr. (1805–1836) , Texan leader who was killed in the Goliad massacre | 31,242 | 2,310 km² ( 892 sq mi) |
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| Fayette County | 149 | La Grange | 1837 | Bastrop County | General Lafayette (1757–1834) , French hero in the American War of Independence | 21,804 | 2,460 km² ( 950 sq mi) |
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| Fisher County | 151 | Roby | 1876 | Bexar County | Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794–1839) , signatory of the Texan Declaration of Independence | 4,344 | 2,334 km² ( 901 sq mi) |
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| Floyd County | 153 | Floydada | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Dolphin Ward Floyd , Died at The Alamo | 7,771 | 2,569 km² ( 992 sq mi) |
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| Foard County | 155 | Crowell | 1891 | Cottle County , Hardeman County , King County, and Knox County | Robert Levi Foard , soldier | 1,622 | 1,831 km² ( 707 sq mi) |
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| Fort Bend County | 157 | Richmond | 1837 | Austin County , Brazoria County, and Harris County | House on the Brazos River | 354.452 | 2,266 km² ( 875 sq mi) |
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| Franklin County | 159 | Mount Vernon | 1875 | Titus County | Benjamin Cromwell Franklin (1805–1873) , former judge and politician in Texas | 9,458 | 741 km² ( 286 sq mi) |
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| Freestone County | 161 | Fairfield | 1850 | Limestone County | A kind of peach | 17,867 | 2,292 km² ( 885 sq mi) |
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| Frio County | 163 | Pearsall | 1858 | Atascosa Counties , Bexar Counties, and Uvalde Counties |
Frio River ( Frio : Cold) |
16,252 | 2,934 km² ( 1,133 sq mi) |
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| Gaines County | 165 | Seminole | 1876 | Bexar County | James Gaines , Distributor and Signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence | 14,467 | 3,890 km² ( 1,502 sq mi) |
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| Galveston County | 167 | Galveston | 1838 | Brazoria County , Harris County, and Liberty County | Bernardo de Gálvez , Spanish governor of the Louisiana colony (1777–1785) | 277,563 | 1,033 km² ( 399 sq mi) |
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| Garza County | 169 | post Office | 1876 | Bexar County | The pioneering family of José Antonio de la Garza | 4,872 | 2,321 km² ( 896 sq mi) |
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| Gillespie County | 171 | Fredericksburg | 1848 | Bexar County and Travis County | Robert Addison Gillespie , merchant and soldier in the Mexican-American War | 20,814 | 2,748 km² ( 1,061 sq mi) |
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| Glasscock County | 173 | Garden City | 1887 | Tom Green County | George Washington Glasscock (1810–1868) , early settler and soldier | 1.406 | 2,334 km² ( 901 sq mi) |
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| Goliad County | 175 | Goliad | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Goliad , his main town, as an anagram of the Mexican patriot Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla | 6,928 | 2,212 km² ( 854 sq mi) |
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| Gonzales County | 177 | Gonzales | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Gonzales (Texas) , According to Governor Rafael Gonzales of Coahuila y Tejas | 18,628 | 2,766 km² ( 1,068 sq mi) |
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| Gray County | 179 | Pampas | 1876 | Bexar County | Peter W. Gray (1819–1874) , soldier in the Civil War | 22,744 | 2,404 km² ( 928 sq mi) |
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| Grayson County | 181 | Sherman | 1846 | Fannin County | Peter Wagener Grayson , politician | 110,595 | 2,419 km² ( 934 sq mi) |
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| Gregg County | 183 | Longview | 1873 | Upshur County | John Gregg (1828–1864) , Confederate war hero | 111,379 | 710 km² ( 274 sq mi) |
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| Grimes County | 185 | Anderson | 1846 | Montgomery County | Jesse Grimes (1788–1866) , signatory of the Declaration of Independence and settler | 23,552 | 2,056 km² ( 794 sq mi) |
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| Guadalupe County | 187 | Seguin | 1846 | Bexar County and Gonzales County | Guadalupe River , after Our Lady of Guadalupe | 89.023 | 1,841 km² ( 711 sq mi) |
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| Hale County | 189 | Plainview | 1876 | Bexar County | John C. Hale , officer who fell during the Battle of San Jacinto | 36,602 | 2,603 km² ( 1,005 sq mi) |
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| Hall County | 191 | Memphis | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall , Texas Secretary of War (1836) | 3,782 | 2,339 km² ( 903 sq mi) |
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| Hamilton County | 193 | Hamilton | 1856 | Bosque County , Comanche County, and Lampasas County | James Hamilton Jr. , South Carolina Governor (1830–1832) who gave financial support to the Republic of Texas | 8,229 | 2,165 km² ( 836 sq mi) |
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| Hansford County | 195 | Spearman | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | John M. Hansford , politician and judge | 5,369 | 2,383 km² ( 920 sq mi) |
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| Hardeman County | 197 | Quanah | 1858 | Fannin County | Bailey and Thomas Jones Hardeman , politicians | 4,724 | 1,800 km² ( 695 sq mi) |
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| Hardin County | 199 | Kountze | 1858 | Jefferson County and Liberty County | The Hardin family from Liberty County | 48,073 | 2,315 km² ( 894 sq mi) |
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| Harris County | 201 | Houston | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties |
John Richardson Harris , settler Was Harrisburg County until 1839 |
3,693,050 | 4,478 km² ( 1,729 sq mi) |
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| Harrison County | 203 | Marshall | 1839 | Shelby County | Jonas Harrison , lawyer | 62.110 | 2,328 km² ( 899 sq mi) |
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| Hartley County | 205 | Channing | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Oliver C. and Rufus K. Hartley , politicians | 5,537 | 3,787 km² ( 1,462 sq mi) |
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| Haskell County | 207 | Haskell | 1858 | Fannin County and Milam County | Charles Ready Haskell , killed in the Goliad massacre | 6.093 | 2,339 km² ( 903 sq mi) |
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| Hays County | 209 | San Marcos | 1848 | Travis County | John Coffee Hays (1817–1883) , Texas ranger and officer in the Mexican-American War | 97,589 | 1,756 km² ( 678 sq mi) |
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| Hemphill County | 211 | Canadian | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | John Hemphill (1803–1862) , judge and politician | 3,351 | 2,357 km² ( 910 sq mi) |
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| Henderson County | 213 | Athens | 1846 | Houston County and Nacogdoches County | James Pinckney Henderson , First Governor of Texas (1846–1847) | 73.277 | 2,264 km² ( 874 sq mi) |
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| Hidalgo County | 215 | Edinburgh | 1852 | Cameron County | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811) , priest who was instrumental in Mexican independence | 569.463 | 4,064 km² ( 1,569 sq mi) |
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| Hill County | 217 | Hillsboro | 1853 | Navarro County | George Washington Hill , politician | 32,321 | 2,492 km² ( 962 sq mi) |
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| Hockley County | 219 | Levelland | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | George Washington Hockley (1802-1854) , soldier and politician | 22,716 | 2,352 km² ( 908 sq mi) |
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| Hood County | 221 | Granbury | 1866 | Johnson County | John Bell Hood (1831–1879) , Confederate officer and chief of Hood's Texas Brigade | 41,100 | 1,093 km² ( 422 sq mi) |
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| Hopkins County | 223 | Sulfur Springs | 1846 | Lamar County and Nacogdoches County | The family of David Hopkins , an early settler in later Texas | 31,960 | 2,033 km² ( 785 sq mi) |
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| Houston County | 225 | Crockett | 1837 | Nacogdoches County | Sam Houston (1793–1863) , general in the Texas Revolution, later President of the Republic of Texas, and governor and senator | 23,185 | 3,188 km² ( 1,231 sq mi) |
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| Howard County | 227 | Big Spring | 1876 | Bexar County | Volney Howard , Texas Congressman (1849-1853) | 33,627 | 2,339 km² ( 903 sq mi) |
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| Hudspeth County | 229 | Sierra Blanca | 1917 | El Paso County | Claude Benton Hudspeth , Texas Congressman (1919–1931) , rancher and newspaper publisher | 3,344 | 11,839 km² ( 4,571 sq mi) |
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| Hunt County | 231 | Greenville | 1846 | Fannin County and Nacogdoches County | Memucan Hunt, Jr. (1807-1856) | 76,596 | 2,178 km² ( 841 sq mi) |
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| Hutchinson County | 233 | Stinnett | 1876 | Bexar County | Andrew Hutchinson, attorney | 23,857 | 2,297 km² ( 887 sq mi) |
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| Irion County | 235 | Mertzon | 1889 | Tom Green County | Robert Anderson Irion (1804–1861) , Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas | 1,771 | 2,725 km² ( 1,052 sq mi) |
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| Jack County | 237 | Jacksboro | 1856 | Cooke County | The brothers Patrick Churchill and William Houston Jack , involved in the Anahuac riots | 8,763 | 2,375 km² ( 917 sq mi) |
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| Jackson County | 239 | Edna | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Andrew Jackson , hero at the Battle of New Orleans and seventh President of the United States (1829–1837) | 14,391 | 2,150 km² ( 830 sq mi) |
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| Jasper County | 241 | Jasper | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | William Jasper (1750–1779) , hero in the American War of Independence | 35,604 | 2,429 km² ( 938 sq mi) |
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| Jeff Davis County | 243 | Fort Davis | 1887 | Presidio County | Jefferson Davis , President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) | 2,207 | 5,866 km² ( 2,265 sq mi) |
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| Jefferson County | 245 | Beaumont | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Thomas Jefferson , third President of the United States (1801–1809) | 252.051 | 2,341 km² ( 904 sq mi) |
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| Jim Hogg County | 247 | Hebbronville | 1913 | Brooks County and Duval County | Jim Hogg , 20th Governor of Texas (1891–1895) | 5,281 | 2,942 km² ( 1,136 sq mi) |
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| Jim Wells County | 249 | Alice | 1911 | Nueces County | James Babbage Wells Jr. , powerful southern Texas politician | 39,326 | 2,240 km² ( 865 sq mi) |
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| Johnson County | 251 | Cleburne | 1854 | Ellis Counties , Hill Counties, and Navarro Counties | Middleton Tate Johnson , Texas ranger, soldier and politician | 126,811 | 1,888 km² ( 729 sq mi) |
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| Jones County | 253 | Anson | 1854 | Bexar County and Bosque County | Anson Jones , fifth President of the Republic of Texas (1844–1846) | 20,785 | 2,411 km² ( 931 sq mi) |
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| Karnes County | 255 | Karnes City | 1854 | Bexar County , DeWitt County , Goliad County , Gonzales County, and San Patricio Counties | Henry Karnes (1812-1840) , soldier | 15,446 | 1,942 km² ( 750 sq mi) |
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| Kaufman County | 257 | Kaufman | 1848 | Henderson County | David Spangler Kaufman , Jewish Senator and the second Jew in the House of Representatives | 71,313 | 2,036 km² ( 786 sq mi) |
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| Kendall County | 259 | Boerne | 1862 | Blanco County and Kerr County | George Wilkins Kendall , journalist and sheep farmer | 23,743 | 1,715 km² ( 662 sq mi) |
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| Kenedy County | 261 | Sarita | 1921 | Hidalgo County and Willacy County | Mifflin Kenedy , rancher | 414 | 3,774 km² ( 1,457 sq mi) |
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| Kent County | 263 | Jayton | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Andrew Kent died in the Battle of the Alamo | 859 | 2,336 km² ( 902 sq mi) |
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| Kerr County | 265 | Kerrville | 1856 | Bexar County | James Kerr (1790–1850) , settler and soldier | 43,653 | 2,865 km² ( 1,106 sq mi) |
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| Kimble County | 267 | Junction | 1858 | Bexar County | George C. Kimbell , died in the Battle of the Alamo | 4,468 | 3,240 km² ( 1,251 sq mi) |
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| King County | 269 | Guthrie | 1876 | Bexar County | William Phillip King , died in the Battle of the Alamo | 356 | 2,362 km² ( 912 sq mi) |
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| Kinney County | 271 | Brackettville | 1850 | Bexar County | Henry Lawrence Kinney , unsuccessful speculator | 3,379 | 3,533 km² ( 1,364 sq mi) |
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| Kleberg County | 273 | Kingsville | 1913 | Nueces County | Robert Justus Kleberg (1803–1888) , German settler and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto | 31,549 | 2,256 km² ( 871 sq mi) |
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| Knox County | 275 | Benjamin | 1858 | Bexar County and Young County | Henry Knox , first US Secretary of War (1785–1794) | 4,253 | 2,212 km² ( 854 sq mi) |
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| Lamar County | 277 | Paris | 1840 | Red River County | Mirabeau B. Lamar , third President of the Republic of Texas (1838–1842) | 48,499 | 2,375 km² ( 917 sq mi) |
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| Lamb County | 279 | Littlefield | 1876 | Bexar County | George A. Lamb , died in the Battle of San Jacinto | 14,709 | 2,631 km² ( 1,016 sq mi) |
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| Lampasas County | 281 | Lampasas | 1856 | Bell County , Coryell County, and Travis County | The Lampasas River ( Lampasas means lilies) |
17,762 | 1,844 km² ( 712 sq mi) |
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| La Salle County | 283 | Cotulla | 1858 | Bexar County | René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643–1687) , French explorer | 5,866 | 3,856 km² ( 1,489 sq mi) |
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| Lavaca County | 285 | Hallettsville | 1842 |
Colorado Counties , Fayette Counties , Gonzales Counties , Jackson Counties, and Victoria Counties Was called La Buca County until 1846 |
Lavaca River ( La vaca means cow) |
19,210 | 2,512 km² ( 970 sq mi) |
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| Lee County | 287 | Giddings | 1874 | Bastrop County , Burleson County , Fayette County, and Washington County | Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) , commanding general of the Confederates during the Civil War | 15,657 | 1,629 km² ( 629 sq mi) |
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| Leon County | 289 | Centerville | 1846 | Robertson County | Unsure: Either after Martín De León , who founded Victoria , or the león , a special species of the yellow wolf | 15,335 | 2,776 km² ( 1,072 sq mi) |
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| Liberty County | 291 | Liberty | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Its capital , either because of the preceding success in Mexican Revolutionary War or because of Liberty (Mississippi) means so | 70.154 | 3,004 km² ( 1,160 sq mi) |
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| Limestone County | 293 | Groesbeck | 1846 | Robertson County | Sandstone deposits in the region (limestone = sandstone ) | 22.051 | 2,354 km² ( 909 sq mi) |
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| Lipscomb County | 295 | Lipscomb | 1876 | Bexar County | Abner Smith Lipscomb , Judge (1846-1856) and Secretary of State for Texas (1840) | 3,057 | 2,414 km² ( 932 sq mi) |
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| Live Oak County | 297 | George West | 1856 | Nueces County and San Patricio Counties | The "Living Oak (= Oak) of Texas" | 12,309 | 2,683 km² ( 1,036 sq mi) |
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| Llano County | 299 | Llano | 1856 | Bexar County , Gillespie County | The Llano River ( Llano means plain) |
17,044 | 2,422 km² ( 935 sq mi) |
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| Loving County | 301 | Mentons | 1931 | Tom Green County | Oliver Loving (1812–1867) , cattle breeder and pioneer of great herd migrations | 67 | 1,743 km² ( 673 sq mi) |
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| Lubbock County | 303 | Lubbock | 1876 | Bexar County | Thomas Saltus Lubbock (1817–1862) , Texas ranger and soldier | 242,628 | 2,331 km² ( 900 sq mi) |
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| Lynn County | 305 | Tahoka | 1876 | Garza County | William Lynn , Massachusetts soldier , killed in The Alamo? | 6,550 | 2,310 km² ( 892 sq mi) |
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| McCulloch County | 307 | Brady | 1856 | Bexar County | Benjamin McCulloch (1811–1862) , veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas | 8.205 | 2,769 km² ( 1,069 sq mi) |
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| McLennan County | 309 | Waco | 1850 | Limestone County and Milam County | Neil McLennan , former settler | 213,517 | 2,699 km² ( 1,042 sq mi) |
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| McMullen County | 311 | Tilden | 1858 | Atascosa County , Bexar County, and Live Oak County | John McMullen (1832-1883) , Irish colony founder in Texas | 851 | 2,883 km² ( 1,113 sq mi) |
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| Madison County | 313 | Madisonville | 1853 | Grimes County , Leon County, and Walker County | James Madison , fourth President of the United States (1809-1817) | 12,940 | 1,217 km² ( 470 sq mi) |
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| Marion County | 315 | Jefferson | 1860 | Cass County | Francis Marion (1732–1795) , general in the War of Independence | 10,941 | 987 km² ( 381 sq mi) |
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| Martin County | 317 | Stanton | 1876 | Bexar County | Wylie Martin , settler and politician | 4,746 | 2,370 km² ( 915 sq mi) |
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| Mason County | 319 | mason | 1858 | Gillespie County | Fort Mason , named after either Lt. George T. Mason , killed in the Mexican-American War or for General Richard Barnes Mason | 3,738 | 2,414 km² ( 932 sq mi) |
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| Matagorda County | 321 | Bay City | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Spanish name for the dense bushes that once grew here | 37,957 | 2,885 km² ( 1,114 sq mi) |
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| Maverick County | 323 | Eagle Pass | 1856 | Kinney County | Samuel Maverick (1803–1870) , formerly a lawyer and politician | 47.297 | 3,315 km² ( 1,280 sq mi) |
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| Medina County | 325 | Hondo | 1848 | Bexar County | Medina River , after Pedro Medina , Spanish engineer | 39,304 | 3,440 km² ( 1,328 sq mi) |
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| Menard County | 327 | Menard | 1858 | Bexar County | Michel Branamour Menard , founder of the City of Galveston | 2,360 | 2,336 km² ( 902 sq mi) |
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| Midland County | 329 | Midland | 1885 | Tom Green County | Its main town , which is halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on the Texas and Pacific Railway ( Midway (Texas) already existed) | 116.009 | 2,331 km² ( 900 sq mi) |
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| Milam County | 331 | Cameron | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Benjamin Rush Milam (1788–1835) , colonist and soldier | 24,238 | 2,634 km² ( 1,017 sq mi) |
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| Mills County | 333 | Goldthwaite | 1887 | Brown County , Comanche County , Hamilton County, and Lampasas County | John T. Mills (1817-1871) , Judge | 5,151 | 748 sq mi (1,937 km² ) |
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| Mitchell County | 335 | Colorado City | 1876 | Bexar County | Asa and Eli Mitchell , early settlers and soldiers | 9,698 | 2,357 km² ( 910 sq mi) |
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| Montague County | 337 | Montague | 1857 | Cooke County | Daniel Montague , State Senator and Land Surveyor | 19,117 | 2,411 km² ( 931 sq mi) |
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| Montgomery County | 339 | Conroe | 1837 | Washington County | Montgomery (Texas) , which takes its name from Montgomery County (Alabama) has | 293,768 | 2,704 km² ( 1,044 sq mi) |
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| Moore County | 341 | Dumas | 1876 | Bexar County | Edwin Ward Moore (1810-1865) , Commodore in the Texan Navy | 20.121 | 2,331 km² ( 900 sq mi) |
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| Morris County | 343 | Daingerfield | 1875 | Titus County | William Wright Morris , legal scholar | 13,048 | 658 km² ( 254 sq mi) |
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| Motley County | 345 | Matador | 1876 | Bexar County | Junius William Mottley , signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence | 1,426 | 2,561 km² ( 989 sq mi) |
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| Nacogdoches County | 347 | Nacogdoches | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Its main town , according to the Nacogdoche Indians | 59.203 | 2,453 km² ( 947 sq mi) |
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| Navarro County | 349 | Corsicana | 1846 | Robertson County | José Antonio Navarro (1795–1871) , Tejano and signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence | 45.124 | 2,774 km² ( 1,071 sq mi) |
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| Newton County | 351 | Newton | 1846 | Jasper County | John Newton (1755–1780) , war veteran | 15,072 | 2,416 km² ( 933 sq mi) |
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| Nolan County | 353 | Sweetwater | 1876 | Bexar County | Philip Nolan (1771–1801) , killed by Spanish troops | 15,802 | 2,362 km² ( 912 sq mi) |
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| Nueces County | 355 | Corpus Christi | 1846 | San Patricio County | The Nueces River ( Nueces is the Spanish word for "nuts") |
313,645 | 2,165 km² ( 836 sq mi) |
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| Ochiltree County | 357 | Perryton | 1876 | Bexar County | William Beck Ochiltree (1811–1867) , early settler, judge, and lawyer | 9.006 | 2,378 km² ( 918 sq mi) |
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| Oldham County | 359 | Vega | 1876 | Bexar County | Williamson Simpson Oldham , Confederation Senator | 2,185 | 3,888 km² ( 1,501 sq mi) |
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| Orange County | 361 | orange | 1852 | Jefferson County | An orange grove that had been planted on the Sabine River | 84,966 | 922 km² ( 356 sq mi) |
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| Palo Pinto County | 363 | Palo Pinto | 1856 | Bosque Counties and Navarro Counties |
Palo Pinto Creek (Palo Pinto) |
27,026 | 2,468 km² ( 953 sq mi) |
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| Panola County | 365 | Carthage | 1846 | Harrison County and Shelby County | American Indian word for cotton | 22,756 | 2,075 km² ( 801 sq mi) |
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| Parker County | 367 | Weatherford | 1855 | Bosque Counties and Navarro Counties | Isaac Parker (1838-1896) , legal scholar | 88,495 | 2,341 km² ( 904 sq mi) |
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| Parmer County | 369 | Farwell | 1876 | Bexar County | Martin Parmer (1778–1850) , legal scholar, judge and signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence | 10,016 | 2,284 km² ( 882 sq mi) |
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| Pecos County | 371 | Fort Stockton | 1871 | Presidio County | Pecos River , after the Pecos Pueblo , the etymology of which is unknown | 16,809 | 12,339 km² ( 4,764 sq mi) |
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| Polk County | 373 | Livingston | 1846 | Liberty County | James K. Polk , eleventh President of the United States (1845–1849) | 41,133 | 2,738 km² ( 1,057 sq mi) |
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| Potter County | 375 | Amarillo | 1876 | Bexar County | Robert Potter (1800–1842) , signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence | 113,546 | 2,354 km² ( 909 sq mi) |
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| Presidio County | 377 | Marfa | 1850 | Bexar County | Presidio del Norte , fort south of the Rio Grande | 7,304 | 9,987 km² ( 3,856 sq mi) |
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| Rains County | 379 | Emory | 1870 | Hopkins County , Hunt County, and Wood County | Emory Rains (1800–1878) , settler and surveyor | 9,139 | 601 km² ( 232 sq mi) |
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| Randall County | 381 | Canyon | 1876 | Bexar County | Horace Randal , Confederate Brigadier General | 104,312 | 2,367 km² ( 914 sq mi) |
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| Reagan County | 383 | Big Lake | 1903 | Tom Green County | John Henninger Reagan (1818–1905) , general, Texan governor and democratic politician | 3,326 | 3,043 km² ( 1,175 sq mi) |
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| Real County | 385 | Leakey | 1913 | Bandera County , Edwards County, and Kerr County | Julius Real , rancher and lawyer | 3,047 | 1,813 km² ( 700 sq mi) |
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| Red River County | 387 | Clarksville | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Red River | 14,314 | 2,719 km² ( 1,050 sq mi) |
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| Reeves County | 389 | Pecos | 1883 | Pecos County | George R. Reeves , lawyer and soldier | 13,137 | 6,827 km² ( 2,636 sq mi) |
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| Refugio County | 391 | Refugio | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Its capital , according to the Spanish Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio , "Our Lady of Refuge" | 7,828 | 1,994 km² ( 770 sq mi) |
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| Roberts County | 393 | Miami | 1876 | Bexar County | John S. Roberts , signer of the Declaration of Independence; and Oran Milo Roberts (1879–1883) , seventh governor of Texas | 887 | 2,393 km² ( 924 sq mi) |
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| Robertson County | 395 | Franklin | 1837 | Bexar Counties , Milam Counties, and Nacogdoches Counties | Sterling Clack Robertson , founder of an early colony in Texas | 16,000 | 2,214 km² ( 855 sq mi) |
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| Rockwall County | 397 | Rock wall | 1873 | Kaufman County | Its main town because a stone wall was found there | 43,080 | 334 km² ( 129 sq mi) |
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| Runnels County | 399 | Ballinger | 1858 | Bexar County and Travis County | Hiram Runnels , Ninth Governor of Mississippi (1833–1835) | 11,495 | 2,730 km² ( 1,054 sq mi) |
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| Rusk County | 401 | Henderson | 1843 | Nacogdoches County | Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-1857) , General | 47,372 | 2,393 km² ( 924 sq mi) |
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| Sabine County | 403 | Hemphill | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties |
Sabine River , which borders the county to the east ( Sabine means "cypress" in Spanish) |
10,469 | 1,269 km² ( 490 sq mi) |
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| San Augustine County | 405 | San Augustine | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Probably Augustine of Hippo (354-430) | 8,946 | 1,368 km² ( 528 sq mi) |
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| San Jacinto County | 407 | Cold spring | 1870 | Liberty County , Montgomery County , Polk County, and Walker County | The Battle of San Jacinto , in which Texas gained independence from Mexico | 22,246 | 1,479 km² ( 571 sq mi) |
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| San Patricio County | 409 | Sinton | 1846 | Refugio County | After its former capital, San Patricio de Hibernia , an Irish colony named after Patrick of Ireland | 67,138 | 1,792 km² ( 692 sq mi) |
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| San Saba County | 411 | San Saba | 1856 | Bexar County | San Saba River , discovered on the feast of Saint Sabas | 6,186 | 2,937 km² ( 1,134 sq mi) |
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| Schleicher County | 413 | Eldorado | 1887 | Crockett County | Gustav Schleicher , former engineer and settler in Texas | 2,935 | 3,395 km² ( 1,311 sq mi) |
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| Scurry County | 415 | Snyder | 1876 | Bexar County | William Read Scurry (1821–1864) , lawyer and soldier | 16,361 | 2,339 km² ( 903 sq mi) |
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| Shackelford County | 417 | Albany | 1874 | Jack County | Jack Shackelford , soldier in the Texas Revolutionary War | 3,302 | 2,367 km² ( 914 sq mi) |
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| Shelby County | 419 | center | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Isaac Shelby , Tennessee soldier , governor of Kentucky (1792–1796) (1812–1816) | 25,224 | 2,056 km² ( 794 sq mi) |
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| Sherman County | 421 | Stratford | 1876 | Bexar County | Sidney Sherman (1805–1873) , soldier | 3,186 | 2,391 km² ( 923 sq mi) |
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| Smith County | 423 | Tyler | 1846 | Nacogdoches County | James Smith , General during the Revolution | 174,706 | 2,404 km² ( 928 sq mi) |
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| Somervell County | 425 | Glen Rose | 1875 | Hood County | Alexander Somervell , soldier and expedition leader | 6,809 | 484 km² ( 187 sq mi) |
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| Starr County | 427 | Rio Grande City | 1848 | Nueces County | James Harper Starr (1809-1890) , politician | 53,597 | 3,168 km² ( 1,223 sq mi) |
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| Stephens County | 429 | Breckenridge | 1858 |
Bosque County Was Buchanan County until 1861 |
Alexander Hamilton Stephens , only Vice President of the Confederate States of America (1861–1865) | 9,674 | 2,318 km² ( 895 sq mi) |
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| Sterling County | 431 | Sterling City | 1891 | Tom Green County | WS Sterling, former rancher and buffalo hunter | 1,393 | 2,391 km² ( 923 sq mi) |
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| Stonewall County | 433 | Aspermont | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824–1863) , famous Confederate general | 1,693 | 2,380 km² ( 919 sq mi) |
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| Sutton County | 435 | Sonora | 1887 | Crockett County | John Schuyler Sutton , Texas ranger and soldier in several wars | 4,077 | 3,766 km² ( 1,454 sq mi) |
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| Swisher County | 437 | Tulia | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | James Gibson Swisher, soldier | 8,378 | 2,331 km² ( 900 sq mi) |
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| Tarrant County | 439 | Fort Worth | 1849 | Navarro County | Edward H. Tarrant , general who drove the Indians out of the future state | 1,446,219 | 2,238 km² ( 864 sq mi) |
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| Taylor County | 441 | Abilene | 1858 | Bexar County and Travis County | Edward Taylor (1812-1836) , George Taylor (1816-1836) and James Taylor (1814-1836) , three brothers who in the battle of the Alamo died | 126,555 | 2,372 km² ( 916 sq mi) |
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| Terrell County | 443 | Sanderson | 1905 | Pecos County | Alexander Watkins Terrell , officer, legal scholar | 1,081 | 6,107 km² ( 2,358 sq mi) |
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| Terry County | 445 | Brownfield | 1876 | Bexar County | Frank Terry , Texas Ranger and Officer | 12,761 | 2,305 km² ( 890 sq mi) |
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| Throckmorton County | 447 | Throckmorton | 1858 | Fannin County | William Edward Throckmorton , former Collin County settler | 1,850 | 2,362 km² ( 912 sq mi) |
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| Titus County | 449 | Mount Pleasant | 1846 | Bowie County | Andrew Jackson Titus , legal scholar | 28,118 | 1,064 km² ( 411 sq mi) |
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| Tom Green County | 451 | San Angelo | 1874 | Bexar County | Thomas Green (1814–1864) , Brigadier General | 104.010 | 3,942 km² ( 1,522 sq mi) |
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| Travis County | 453 | Austin | 1840 | Bastrop County | William Barret Travis (1809–1836) , commandant of the Texans at the Battle of the Alamo | 812.280 | 2,561 km² ( 989 sq mi) |
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| Trinity County | 455 | Groveton | 1850 | Houston County | Trinity River | 13,779 | 1,795 km² ( 693 sq mi) |
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| Tyler County | 457 | Woodville | 1846 | Liberty County | John Tyler , tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) | 20,871 | 2,391 km² ( 923 sq mi) |
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| Upshur County | 459 | Gilmer | 1846 | Harrison County | Abel P. Upshur , 15th US Secretary of State (1843–1844) | 35.291 | 1,523 km² ( 588 sq mi) |
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| Upton County | 461 | Rankin | 1887 | Tom Green County | John Cunningham and William Felton Upton , brothers and officers in the Confederate Army | 3,404 | 3,217 km² ( 1,242 sq mi) |
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| Uvalde County | 463 | Uvalde | 1850 | Bexar County | Cañón de Ugalde , a nearby battlefield where Juan de Ugalde won a surprise attack against 300 Apaches . | 25,926 | 4,033 km² ( 1,557 sq mi) |
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| Val Verde County | 465 | Del Rio | 1885 | Crockett Counties , Kinney Counties, and Pecos Counties | Battle of Val Verde in the Mexican-American War | 44,856 | 8,213 km² ( 3,171 sq mi) |
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| Van Zandt County | 467 | Canton | 1848 | Henderson County | Isaac Van Zandt (1813–1847) , settler, Attorney General | 48,140 | 2,199 km² ( 849 sq mi) |
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| Victoria County | 469 | Victoria | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | Its capital , named after Guadalupe Victoria , Mexican revolutionary leader and first President of Mexico (1824–1829) | 84,088 | 2,287 km² ( 883 sq mi) |
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| Walker County | 471 | Huntsville | 1846 | Montgomery County | Samuel Hamilton Walker (1815–1847) , Texas ranger and soldier | 61,758 | 2,041 km² ( 788 sq mi) |
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| Waller County | 473 | Hempstead | 1873 | Austin County and Grimes County | Edwin Waller (1800–1881) , signatory of the Declaration of Independence and First Mayor of Austin | 32,663 | 1,331 km² ( 514 sq mi) |
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| Ward County | 475 | Monahans | 1887 | Tom Green County | Thomas William Ward , Austin Mayor and Land Administrator | 10,909 | 2,165 km² ( 836 sq mi) |
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| Washington County | 477 | Brenham | 1836 | One of the original 23 counties | George Washington , first President of the United States (1789–1797) | 30,373 | 1,577 km² ( 609 sq mi) |
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| Webb County | 479 | Laredo | 1848 | Nueces County | James Webb , Minister in Texas | 193.117 | 8,695 km² ( 3,357 sq mi) |
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| Wharton County | 481 | Wharton | 1846 | Colorado County , Jackson County, and Matagorda County | William Harris Wharton (1802–1839) and John Austin Wharton (1828–1865) , brothers and leaders of the revolution | 41,188 | 2,823 km² ( 1,090 sq mi) |
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| Wheeler County | 483 | Wheeler | 1876 | Bexar County and Young County | Royal Tyler Wheeler , Second Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of Texas | 5,284 | 2,367 km² ( 914 sq mi) |
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| Wichita County | 485 | Wichita Falls | 1858 | Cooke County | Wichita Indians | 131,664 | 1,627 km² ( 628 sq mi) |
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| Wilbarger County | 487 | Vernon | 1858 | Bexar County | Josiah Pugh (1801–1845) and Mathias Wilbarger , brothers and early settlers | 14,676 | 2,515 km² ( 971 sq mi) |
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| Willacy County | 489 | Raymondville | 1911 | Cameron County and Hidalgo County | John G. Willacy (Texas) | 20,082 | 1,546 km² ( 597 sq mi) |
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| Williamson County | 491 | Georgetown | 1848 | Milam County | Robert McAlpin Williamson , veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto | 249,967 | 2,911 km² ( 1,124 sq mi) |
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| Wilson County | 493 | Floresville | 1860 | Bexar Counties , Guadalupe Counties, and Karnes Counties | James Charles Wilson , Texan Senator (1851-1853) | 32,408 | 2,090 km² ( 807 sq mi) |
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| Winkler County | 495 | Kermit | 1887 | Tom Green County | Clinton McKamy Winkler , judge and officer | 7.173 | 2,178 km² ( 841 sq mi) |
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| Wise County | 497 | Decatur | 1856 | Cooke County | Henry Alexander Wise , later Governor of Virginia (1856–1860) | 48,793 | 2,344 km² ( 905 sq mi) |
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| Wood County | 499 | Quitman | 1850 | Van Zandt County | George T. Wood , second governor of Texas (1847–1849) | 36,752 | 1,683 km² ( 650 sq mi) |
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| Yoakum County | 501 | Plains | 1876 | Bexar County | Henderson King Yoakum (1810–1856) , soldier and historian | 7,322 | 2,072 km² ( 800 sq mi) |
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| Young County | 503 | Graham | 1856 | Bosque County and Fannin County | William Cocke Young, Settler, Sheriff, and United States Marshal | 17,943 | 2,388 km² ( 922 sq mi) |
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| Zapata County | 505 | Zapata | 1858 | Starr County and Webb County | Antonio Zapata , rancher and colonel of the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande | 12,182 | 2,582 km² ( 997 sq mi) |
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| Zavala County | 507 | Crystal City | 1846 | Maverick County | Lorenzo de Zavala (1788–1836) , signatory of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first Vice President of the Republic of Texas | 11,600 | 3,364 km² ( 1,299 sq mi) |
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Defunct counties
There were at least 32 counties that were established under Texas law but no longer exist. This includes those that were provisionally proposed during the foundation, those whose country no longer belongs to Texas or counties whose names have been changed.
Some examples:
- Buchel County , founded in 1887 from Presidio County , to Brewster County in 1897
- Dawson County , founded in Kinney County and Uvalde County in 1858 , dissolved in 1866, not identical to the still existing Dawson County
- Encinal County , founded in 1856, became Webb County in 1899
- Foley County , founded in 1887 from Presidio County , to Brewster County in 1897
- Greer County , founded in 1860, denied by the US Supreme Court of Texas, see United States v. State of Texas , now part of Oklahoma
- Perdido County , founded in 1824, forgotten in the turmoil of the 1840s, whereabouts and official dissolution unclear
- Santa Fe County , founded in 1848 from lands of Mexico , comprised the lands of New Mexico east of the Rio Grande, dissolved by the Compromise of 1850
- Wegefarth County , incorporated in the Texas Panhandle in 1873 , dissolved in 1876
- Worth County , formed from part of Santa Fe County in 1850, dissolved by the 1850 Compromise
Individual evidence
- ↑ EPA County FIPS Code Listing . EPA. Retrieved April 9, 2007.
- ^ A b c National Association of Counties: NACo - Find a county . Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ↑ Texas Association of Counties facts . Texas Association of Counties. Archived from the original on April 8, 2007. Retrieved April 12, 2007.
- ↑ TSHA Defunct Counties . The Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ↑ US 1 (1896)
