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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

Floyd County, Texas

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

County Seat: Floydada
Year Organized: 1876
Square Miles: 992

Court House:

P.O. Box 476
County Courthouse
Floydada, TX 79235-0476

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Dolphin Ward Floyd, who died on his thirty-second birthday, March 6, 1836 defending the Alamo

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for Dolphin Ward Floyd, who died on his 32nd birthday, March 6, 1836, defending the Alamo. The seat of the county is Floydada

The move to organize Floyd County produced heated rivalry among its developing communities for the honor of being the county seat. Lockney, which became Della Plain's chief rival, was founded in 1889. In the spring of 1890 J. K. Gwynn appeared on the scene as a representative of Carolina V. Price, a Missouri native who owned numerous patented sections in Floyd County. Gwynn had one of the prize sections platted as Floyd City, another candidate for county seat. Lockney combined with Floyd City, and in the organization election on May 28, 1890, Floyd City won by a vote of 55 to 33. The election was subsequently contested in the district court and later in the Supreme Court, but its validity was sustained; Floyd City, renamed Floydada in 1892, remained the seat of local government, with A. B. Duncan serving as the first county judge.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/hcf5.html (accessed November 5, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 993 square miles (2,571 km²), of which, 992 square miles (2,570 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (1 km²) of it (0.03%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Briscoe County (north)
Motley County (east)
Crosby County (south)
Hale County (west)
Swisher County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Floydada (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Lockney	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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Online High Schools

County Resource Guide

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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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