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The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Texas does not have townships; areas within a county are either incorporated or unincorporated. Incorporated areas are part of a city, though the city may contract with the county for needed services. Unincorporated areas are not part of a city; in these areas the county has authority for law enforcement and road maintenance.
A map of the United States of America with the state of Texas highlighted. Texas is a state located in the Southern United States. As of the 2020 census, [1] 29,145,505 (95.55%) of the 30,503,301 residents of Texas lived in a municipality in the 2023 estimate. [2]
The 254 counties of Texas. This is a list of county courthouses and other non-federal courthouses in Texas, both current and former. For federal courthouses located in Texas, see List of United States federal courthouses in Texas. The U.S. state of Texas has 254 counties, the most of any U.S. state.
The county is named for its county seat, the city of Gonzales. [2] The county was created in 1836 and organized the following year. [3] [4] As of August 2020, under strict budgetary limitations, the County of Gonzales government-body is unique in that it claims to have no commercial paper, regarding it as "the absence of any county debt." [5]
It encompasses 27,841 square miles (72,110 km 2) in the U.S. state of Texas. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio had a self-reported 2018 population of 796,954, up from 728,001 in 2014. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio had a self-reported 2018 population of 796,954, up from 728,001 in 2014.
The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
Map of Presidio County, Texas and the counties of Brewster, Buchel, Foley, and Jeff Davis created from Presidio in 1887: Buchel and Foley were abolished and joined to Brewster in 1897. Brewster County was marked off in 1887 from Presidio County and named for Henry Percy Brewster. Murphyville, later renamed Alpine, was selected as county seat. [13]