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Texas Counties

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Texas Counties

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

Angelina County, Texas

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

County Seat: Lufkin
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 802

Court House:

P.O. Box 908
County Courthouse
Lufkin, TX 75902-0908

Etymology - Origin of County Name

a Hainai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them; Angelina County is the only county in Texas named for a woman

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Angelina County was formed in 1846 from Nacogdoches County. Its county seat is Lufkin. Angelina is named for a Hainai Native American woman who assisted early Spanish missionaries and was named Angelina by them.

Settlement was still thin when Texas won its independence. Angelina County was organized on April 22, 1846, when Nacogdoches County was divided. The first permanent settler after the county was formed is thought to have been George W. Collins. The population increased quickly thereafter due to the good farming land and to the rivers, which made steamboat transportation possible. The population reached 1,165, 196 of whom were slaves, in 1850. The first county seat was Marion; successively, Jonesville became county seat in 1854, Homer in 1858, and Lufkin in 1892. Lufkin was favored by the route of the Houston, East and West Texas Railway (now the Southern Pacific), which had been built in 1882 from Houston to Shreveport.
More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/hca3.html (accessed November 4, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 864 square miles (2,239 km²), of which, 802 square miles (2,076 km²) of it is land and 63 square miles (163 km²) of it (7.28%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Nacogdoches County (north)
San Augustine County (northeast)
Jasper County (southeast)
Tyler County (south)
Polk County (southwest)
Trinity County (west)
Houston County (west)
Cherokee County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Burke	city	Incorporated Area
- Diboll	city	Incorporated Area
- Hudson	city	Incorporated Area
- Huntington	city	Incorporated Area
- Lufkin (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Zavalla	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."