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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

Camp County, Texas

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

County Seat: Pittsburg
Year Organized: 1874
Square Miles: 198

Court House:

126 Church Street
County Courthouse
Pittsburg, TX 75686-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

John Lafayette Camp, a Texas state politician

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Camp County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for John Lafayette Camp, a Texas politician. Its seat is Pittsburg

Camp County was separated from Upshur County in 1874 and named for John Lafayette Camp,^qv who was serving as state senator from Upshur County and presented the petitions that led to the action of the legislature. A county seat election was held, and Pittsburg won with 500 votes. Leesburg, to the west, received 228, and Center Point, in the southeastern part, received sixty-nine. Following the election, a courthouse was constructed of locally manufactured brick on a lot donated by William Pitts. Since the 1874 election the choice of county seat has never been contested.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc5.html (accessed November 4, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 203 square miles (526 km²), of which, 198 square miles (512 km²) of it is land and 5 square miles (14 km²) of it (2.80%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Titus County (north)
Morris County (east)
Upshur County (south)
Wood County (southwest)
Franklin County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Pittsburg (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Rocky Mound	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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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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