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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

Collingsworth County, Texas

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

County Seat: Wellington
Year Organized: 1876
Square Miles: 919

Court House:

800 West Avenue, Room 1
County Courthouse
Wellington, TX 79095-3037

Etymology - Origin of County Name

James Collinsworth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas (spelling differs due to an error in the bill creating the county)

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Collingsworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Collingsworth is named for James Collinsworth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas. The reason the county's name is spelled differently is because the bill creating the county misspelled Collinsworth's name. Collingsworth County is one of 46 prohibition, or entirely dry, counties in the state of Texas. Its seat is Wellington. It is north of Childress County, which is named for George Campbell Childress, another founder of the Republic of Texas.

The area that is now Collingsworth County was occupied by Apaches from prehistoric times until about 1700, when Comanches and Kiowas moved in. These tribes dominated the Panhandle^qv until they were crushed by the United States Army in the Red River War^qv of 1874 and removed permanently to reservations in Indian Territory. The Panhandle was thus opened for settlement. In 1876 the Texas legislature formed Collingsworth County of land previously assigned to Bexar and Young counties.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc17.html (accessed November 5, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 919 square miles (2,381 km²), of which, 918 square miles (2,380 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (1 km²) of it (0.07%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Wheeler County (north)
Beckham County, Oklahoma (northeast)
Harmon County, Oklahoma (southeast)
Childress County (south)
Hall County (southwest)
Donley County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Dodson	town	Incorporated Area
- Wellington (County Seat)	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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