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English: This is a locator map showing Grimes County in Texas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Grimes County is a county located in southeastern Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census , its population was 29,268. [ 1 ] The seat of the county is Anderson . [ 2 ]
Grimes County: 185: Anderson: 1846: Montgomery County: Jesse Grimes (1788–1866), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and early settler of the future county 32,384: 794 sq mi (2,056 km 2) Guadalupe County: 187: Seguin: 1846: Bexar County and Gonzales County: The Guadalupe River, named in turn for the Mexican spiritual icon Our ...
Grimes County was organized in 1846, soon after the Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States. Henry Fanthorp, a new Anglo-American settler in Texas, offered land for the county seat. The town grew quickly between 1846 and 1885, reaching a peak population of about 3,000 people. County population was majority-black and enslaved by 1860.
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Location of Grimes County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Grimes County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Grimes County, Texas. There are two districts and four individual properties listed on the ...
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Richards is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Grimes County, Texas, United States. The community is located on Farm roads 1486 and 149. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad line passes the east side of the community and Lake Creek flows past to the east. [2] [3]