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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

Coleman County, Texas

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

County Seat: Coleman
Year Organized: 1858
Square Miles: 1,273

Court House:

P.O. Box 512
County Courthouse
Coleman, TX 76834-0512

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Robert M. Coleman, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Coleman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for Robert M. Coleman, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto. The seat of the county is Coleman.

Coleman County was formed in 1858 from parts of Brown and Travis counties. Organization began in 1862 and was completed in 1864. The county was named for Robert M. Coleman,^qv a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence^qv and an aide to General Houston at San Jacinto. After organization was completed settlers began moving into the county. Some of the more notable were Rich Coffey, William Day, Mabel Doss Day Lea,^qqv and John Chisum. Chisum established a store at Trickham and maintained a ranch headquarters on Home Creek in the southern part of the county. Coffey established himself on a ranch between the site of present Leaday and Voss about 1866. He also served as a county commissioner, participated in the first county grand jury, and was part of a commission to select a new county seat. William Day ran a ranch in the southwestern corner of the county. His holdings sprawled from Grape Creek in the north, eastward to Elm Creek and then southward to the Colorado River. He died in June 1881 from injuries received in a cattle stampede. His wife, Mabel, whom he had married in 1879, continued to run the ranch for a time after his death. Because of debts she sold the ranch to homesteaders in 1904.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc15.html (accessed November 5, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,281 square miles (3,319 km²), of which, 1,260 square miles (3,264 km²) of it is land and 21 square miles (55 km²) of it (1.66%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Callahan County (north)
Brown County (east)
McCulloch County (south)
Concho County (southwest)
Runnels County (west)
Taylor County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Coleman (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Novice	city	Incorporated Area
- Santa Anna	town	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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