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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

Cameron County, Texas

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

County Seat: Brownsville
Year Organized: 1848
Square Miles: 906

Court House:

P.O. Box 2178
County Courthouse
Brownsville, TX 78522-2178

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution who was named for Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Cameron County is the southernmost county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its county seat is Brownsville. Cameron is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition.

On February 12, 1848, the Texas legislature decreed the existence of Cameron County, and with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo^qv on July 4 the area officially became part of the United States. The new county encompassed 3,308 square miles, including parts of the future Hidalgo, Willacy, Kenedy, and Brooks counties. An election of county officers was held on August 7, but organization was not completed until September 11. Santa Rita, five miles downstream from Fort Brown and believed to be the earliest English-speaking town in the area, was made the county seat. The same year Charles Stillman^qv established Brownsville just west of Fort Brown. In December another election was held, and after intense effort on Stillman's part Brownsville was chosen county seat.
More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc4.html (accessed November 4, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,276 square miles (3,306 km²), of which, 906 square miles (2,346 km²) of it is land and 371 square miles (960 km²) of it (29.03%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Willacy County, Texas (north)
Hidalgo County, Texas (west)
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (south)
To the east, the county borders the Gulf of Mexico.

Cities and Towns:

- Bayview	town	Incorporated Area
- Brownsville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Combes	town	Incorporated Area
- Harlingen	city	Incorporated Area
- Indian Lake	town	Incorporated Area
- La Feria	city	Incorporated Area
- Laguna Vista	town	Incorporated Area
- Los Fresnos	city	Incorporated Area
- Los Indios	town	Incorporated Area
- Palm Valley	city	Incorporated Area
- Port Isabel	city	Incorporated Area
- Primera	town	Incorporated Area
- Rancho Viejo	town	Incorporated Area
- Rio Hondo	city	Incorporated Area
- San Benito	city	Incorporated Area
- Santa Rosa	town	Incorporated Area
- South Padre Island	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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."