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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

Comal County, Texas

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

County Seat: New Braunfels
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 562

Court House:

150 N. Seguin St., Suite 301
County Courthouse
New Braunfels, TX 78130-5122

Etymology - Origin of County Name

the Comal River; the name means basin or flat dish in Spanish

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Comal County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its seat is New Braunfels.

Permanent settlement of the county began in 1845, when Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels^qv secured title to 1,265 acres of the Veramendi grant, including the Comal springs and river, for the Adelsverein.^qv In succeeding years thousands of Germans^qv and Americans were attracted to the rich farm and ranch land around New Braunfels. Settlement progressed rapidly; in March 1846 the Texas legislature formed Comal County from the Eighth Precinct of Bexar County and made New Braunfels the county seat. The final boundary determination was made in 1858 with the separation of part of western Comal County to Blanco and Kendall counties. The first county elections were held on July 13, 1846. It is estimated that in 1850 New Braunfels was the fourth largest city in Texas. In 1854 the county commissioners divided the county into eight public school districts, and in 1858, long before they were required by law to do so, New Braunfels citizens voted to collect a tax for support of public schools. The population of the county grew 133 percent between 1850 and 1860, and numbered more than 4,000 on the eve of the Civil War.^qv

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/CC/hcc19.html (accessed November 5, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 575 square miles (1,488 km²), of which, 561 square miles (1,454 km²) of it is land and 13 square miles (34 km²) of it (2.29%) is water.

The Balcones Escarpment runs northeastward through the county, generally just west of Interstate 35. West of the escarpment are the rocky hills and canyons of the Texas Hill Country; to the east are the rolling grasslands of the coastal plains.

The Guadalupe River flows generally southeastward through the county, and is impounded by Canyon Lake. The Comal River rises from the Comal Springs in New Braunfels, and quickly joins the Guadalupe River.

Neighboring Counties:

Blanco County (north)
Hays County (northeast)
Guadalupe County (southeast)
Bexar County (southwest)
Kendall County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Bulverde	city	Incorporated Area
- Garden Ridge	city	Incorporated Area
- New Braunfels (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- San Antonio	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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."