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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

Aransas County, Texas

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

County Seat: Rockport
Year Organized: 1871
Square Miles: 252

Court House:

301 N Live Oak Street
County Courthouse
Rockport, TX 78382-2744

Etymology - Origin of County Name

the Rio Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu, a Spanish outpost in early Texas

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Aransas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aransas County was formed in 1871 from Refugio County.

In March 1871, because the great cattle boom had established it as the most important town in the area, Rockport became county seat of Refugio County. On September 18 of the same year, the legislature voted to divide the county and designated much of the coastal area as a new county named Aransas. Rockport was made the county seat, and on March 26, 1872, the county commissioners' court met for the first time in a rented frame house.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/hca4.html (accessed November 4, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 528 square miles (1,367 km²), of which, 252 square miles (652 km²) of it is land and 276 square miles (715 km²) of it (52.29%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Calhoun County (northeast)
Gulf of Mexico (southeast)
Nueces County (south)
San Patricio County (west)
Refugio County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Fulton	town	Incorporated Area
- Rockport (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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