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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.
An enlargeable map of the 254 counties of the State of Texas Counties of Texas ; see also List of counties in Texas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Counties of Texas .
Originally organized as a part of Nacogdoches County, Rusk was established as its own county by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on January 16, 1843. By 1850, it was the second-most populous county in Texas of the 78 counties that had been organized at that time, according to the 1850 census. Rusk County's population was 8,148 then; it was ...
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 713 square miles (1,850 km 2), of which 709 square miles (1,840 km 2) is land and 4.2 square miles (11 km 2) (0.6%) is water. [21] Blanco County is located in the Hill Country of central Texas, west of Austin and north of San Antonio.
The Sixth Texas Legislature in 1856 formed McCulloch County from Bexar County, and named it for Benjamin McCulloch. [5] The Voca waterwheel mill was built in 1876. [9] The Brady Sentinel was established by D.F. Hayes in 1880 as the county's first newspaper. Later, it was absorbed by the Heart o’ Texas News run by R.B. Boyle. [5]
The first two land grants in the area were to Luis Menchaca and Andrés Hernández, [8] who established ranches circa 1832–1833. Anglos began arriving in the 1840s, [6] and Southern planters in 1850 and 1860, followed by German and Polish immigrants from other counties. Wilson County was formed in 1860 from Bexar County and Karnes County.
Here are the Texas counties as ranked: Texas counties most at-risk from hail damage, Rank among U.S. counties. Dallas (1) Tarrant (3) Denton (11) Childress (16) Collin (20) Potter (22) Bexar (32 ...
The original inhabitants of the area were the Jumano, followed by the Comanche. [4] In 1683–84, Juan Domínguez de Mendoza established a short-lived mission. [5] Fort Chadbourne was established in 1852, as part of a chain of forts in West Texas. [6] Runnels County was formed from Bexar and Travis Counties.