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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 |
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Atascosa County, Texas
Atascosa County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Jourdanton
Year Organized: 1856
Square Miles: 1,232 |
Court House: Circle Drive
County Courthouse
Jourdanton, TX 78026-0000 |
Etymology - Origin of County Name
the Spanish word for boggy
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Atascosa County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, and was formed in 1856 from Bexar County. Atascosa is
named for the Atascosa River.
The area was sparsely settled by the mid-1850s, and in 1856 the county was marked off from Bexar County. The
first county seat, Navatasco, was established in 1857 on land donated by Navarro. Among the county's early settlers
were Peter Tumlinson,qv who organized one of the first Ranger companies in the state in 1836, Indian fighter Thomas
Rodriguez, George F. Hindes, Marshall Burney, and Eli Johnson. In 1858 Pleasanton, a newly founded community, became
county seat, and a new courthouse was constructed. Settlers continued to trickle in, but the threat of Indian
attack, poor roads, and the area's general isolation kept the population low.
More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. ","
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/hca7.html (accessed November 4, 2008).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,236 square miles (3,200 kmē), of which,
1,232 square miles (3,191 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (9 kmē) of it (0.28%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Bexar County (north)
- Wilson County (northeast)
- Karnes County (east)
- Live Oak County (southeast)
- McMullen County (south)
- La Salle County (southwest)
- Frio County (west)
- Medina County (northwest)
Cities and Towns:
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- Charlotte |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Christine |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jourdanton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lytle |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pleasanton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Poteet |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Somerset |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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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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