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Dawson County, formed in 1858 in what is now Kinney County and Uvalde County and abolished in 1866 (not to be confused with the present-day Dawson County). Encinal County, formed in 1856. Abolished in 1899 and annexed to Webb County. Foley County, formed in 1887 from Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County.
Designed in the Modern style by Sanguinet and Staats and renovated in 1955 by Styles, Robert, Gee, and Messersmith. [243] Galveston County Civil Courthouse. Galveston, Galveston County. 1966 built [244] Designed in the Modern style by Raymond R. Rapp, Jr. and Ben J. Koten and Associates. [244] Galveston County Justice Center.
McLennan County, Texas. McLennan County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 260,579. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Waco. [2] The U.S. census 2023 county population estimate is 268,583. [3] The county is named for Neil McLennan, [4] an early Scottish settler who worked ...
DA. Texas has a total of 254 counties, by far the largest number of counties of any state. Counties in Texas have limited regulatory (ordinance) authority. [1] Counties also have much less legal power than home rule municipalities. They can only pass ordinances (local laws with penalties for violations) in cases where the Texas statutes have ...
After 1972, the county returned to voting Democratic, surviving the landslide elections of Republicans Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush in 1980, 1984, and 1988, respectively. In fact, Newton County was Walter Mondale's strongest county in East Texas in the 1984 election, winning 60.6% of the vote, and one of only four in the region to vote ...
In 2005 Travis County was the only county in Texas to vote against the Proposition 2 state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, with slightly under 60% of voters being against it. [28] In 2020, Travis County backed Democrat Joe Biden with nearly 72% of the vote, his strongest showing in the state and the best showing for any ...
Website. www.collincountytx.gov. Collin County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas - Fort Worth - Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and a small part of Dallas is in the county. At the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 1,064,465, making it Texas's sixth-most populous county and the 43rd ...
Kent County, Texas. Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 753, [1] making it the sixth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Jayton. [2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1892. [3] It is named for Andrew Kent, who died at the Battle of the Alamo ...