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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

Foard County, Texas

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

County Seat: Crowell
Year Organized: 1891
Square Miles: 707

Court House:

P.O. Box 539
County Courthouse
Crowell, TX 79227-0539

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Robert Levi Foard, an attorney and Civil War soldier

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Foard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for Robert Levi Foard, an attorney and American Civil War soldier. Its county seat is Crowell, which is also the county's only incorporated community.

In 1891, Foard County was marked off from lands previously assigned to Cottle, King, Knox, and Hardeman County. Witherspoon had circulated a petition for the county's organization and presented it to the state legislature. Although Beaver County was the original name proposed, the county was named for Robert Foard because he was the law partner of an influential member of the committee that reported on the bill to establish the county. Shortly after the county was authorized on March 3, 1891, the new townsites of Foard City and Crowell vied to become the county seat; a third townsite, Sandrock, was also a contender for a brief time. Crowell was chosen after an election on April 27, 1891. J. C. Roberts was elected county judge, G. W. Thompson county clerk, and S. J. Moore sheriff. Nine school districts were established

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/hcf6.html (accessed November 5, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 708 square miles (1,833 km²), of which, 707 square miles (1,830 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it (0.14%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Hardeman County (north)
Wilbarger County (east)
Baylor County (southeast)
Knox County (south)
King County (southwest)
Cottle County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Crowell (County Seat)

city

Incorporated Area

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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."