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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

Cass County, Texas

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

County Seat: Linden
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 938

Court House:

PO Box 152
County Courthouse
Linden, TX 75563-0152

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Lewis Cass, a senator and future presidential candidate from Michigan who had favored the annexation of Texas to the United States

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Cass County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The seat of the county is Linden. Cass County was formed in 1846 from sections of Bowie County. It was named for Lewis Cass, a U.S. Senator from Michigan who had favored the annexation of Texas to the United States. From 1861 to 1871, this county was known as Davis County, after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America. (It should not be confused with the still extant Jeff Davis County in west Texas.)

Anglo settlement in the area that became Cass County began in the 1830s. Among the earliest settlers was Reece Hughes,^qv who built a cabin near three mineral springs which later became known as Hughes Springs. The county was formed from Bowie County in 1846. Jefferson was chosen as the first county seat, but, after several fiercely contested elections, in 1852 Linden became county seat. The county's boundaries were reduced in 1860 with the formation of Marion County, but, with the exception of small adjustments, have remained unchanged since that time. The county was originally named Cass County in honor of Lewis Cass, a United States Senator from Michigan who had favored the annexation^qv of Texas. During the secession^qv crisis Cass, who had formerly been known as a Northern man with Southern principles, resigned his post as secretary of state when President James Buchanan declined to defend the federal forts in Charleston, South Carolina. When word of his actions reached Texas, the name of the county was changed to Davis in honor of Jefferson Davis.^qv The republican-controlled state legislature of 1871 changed the name back to Cass.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc7.html (accessed November 4, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 960 square miles (2,487 km²), of which, 937 square miles (2,428 km²) of it is land and 23 square miles (60 km²) of it (2.39%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Bowie County (north)
Miller County, Arkansas (northeast)
Caddo Parish, Louisiana (southeast)
Marion County (south)
Morris County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Atlanta	city	Incorporated Area
- Avinger	town	Incorporated Area
- Bloomburg	town	Incorporated Area
- Domino	town	Incorporated Area
- Douglassville	town	Incorporated Area
- Hughes Springs	city	Incorporated Area
- Linden (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Marietta	town	Incorporated Area
- Queen City	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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Online High Schools

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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