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Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state Texas was originally divided into municipalities, a unit of local government under Spanish and Mexican rule. When the Republic of Texas gained its independence in 1836, there were 23 municipalities, which became the original Texas counties. Many of these would later be divided into new counties. The most recent county to be created was Kenedy County in 1921. The most recent county to be organized was Loving County in 1931

Andrews County, Texas

Andrews County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Andrews
Year Organized: 1876
Square Miles: 1,501

Court House:

201 North Main Street
County Courthouse
Andrews, TX 79714-6506

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Richard Andrews, the first Texan soldier to die in the Texas Revolution

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Andrews is named for Richard Andrews, a soldier of the Texas Revolution. Andrews County is one of 46 prohibition or entirely dry counties in the state of Texas. Andrews County was formed in 1875 from Bexar County.

The county was formed from Bexar County on August 21, 1876, a year after the first detailed explorations made by Col. William R. Shafter^qv from his military base at Fort Concho. The county was named for Richard Andrews,^qv a hero of the Texas Revolution^qv who was killed at the battle of Concepción in 1835. Subsequent boundary alterations occurred in 1902, 1931, and 1932. For administrative purposes the area was placed within the jurisdiction of Shackelford County in 1876, within the Howard Land District from 1882 to 1887, and within the Martin Land District from 1887 to 1891. The area was placed within the jurisdiction of Martin County from 1891 until 1910, when Andrews County was formally organized with Andrews as its county seat.
More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/hca2.html (accessed November 4, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,501 square miles (3,888 km²), of which, 1,501 square miles (3,887 km²) of it is land and 0 square miles (1 km²) of it (0.02%) is water. The county contains many playa lakes, the two largest being Baird lake and Shafter Lake.

Neighboring Counties:

Gaines County (north)
Martin County (east)
Midland County (southeast)
Ector County (south)
Winkler County (southwest)
Lea County, New Mexico (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Andrews (County Seat)

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County Resources:

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."

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