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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

Bee County, Texas

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

County Seat: Beeville
Year Organized: 1857
Square Miles: 880

Court House:

105 W Corpus Christi Street, Suite 310
County Courthouse
Beeville, TX 78102-5628

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr., a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Bee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its county seat is Beeville. Bee County is named for Barnard E. Bee, Sr., a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.

Bee County was established shortly after the settlement of the Cart War,^qv which originated ten miles east of the site of Beeville. The county, named for Barnard E. Bee, Sr.,^qv was formed from San Patricio, Goliad, Refugio, Live Oak, and Karnes counties on December 8, 1857, and officially organized on January 25, 1858, when the first officers were elected. Beeville, the first county seat, was on Medio Creek, near Medio Hill, where the first post office had been established in 1857. In 1860 Maryville became county seat; this community was later designated Beeville-on-the-Poesta to distinguish it from the former county seat.
More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/hcb5.html (accessed November 4, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 880 square miles (2,280 km²), of which, 880 square miles (2,280 km²) of it is land and 0 square miles (0 km²) of it (0.02%) is water. The Aransas River forms in Bee County, southwest of Beeville and north of Skidmore.

Neighboring Counties:

Karnes County (north)
Goliad County (northeast)
Refugio County (east)
San Patricio County (southeast)
Live Oak County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Beeville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Kenedy	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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