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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

Hockley County, Texas

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

County Seat: Levelland
Year Organized: 1921
Square Miles: 908

Court House:

802 Houston Avenue, Suite 101
County Courthouse
Levelland, TX 79336-3706

Etymology - Origin of County Name

George Washington Hockley, Chief of Staff of the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution, artillery commander during the Battle of San Jacinto, and secretary of war of the Republic of Texas

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Hockley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.Its county seat is Levelland, and the county is named for George Washington Hockley, a Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas.

In 1876 the Texas legislature formed Hockley County from lands formerly assigned to Bexar and Young counties. Because settlers were slow to move into the area, however, the county was assigned to Lubbock County for administrative purposes until 1920. Until the early twentieth century, the area was dominated by a few large cattle operations. The Causeys were the first settlers in the area; after several years of buffalo hunting^qv in Kansas and Texas, they established a base at Yellow House Canyon in 1877 and built the first house in the county. When the buffalo herds were depleted, the Causeys went into the bone business,^qv and in 1882 they established a ranch. In 1885, however, the XIT Ranch,^qv one of the state's largest cattle-raising ventures, was founded in the area, and the Causeys were forced to move.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/hch16.html (accessed November 6, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 909 square miles (2,353 km²), of which, 908 square miles (2,352 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (1 km²) of it (0.03%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Lamb County (north)
Lubbock County (east)
Terry County (south)
Cochran County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Anton	city	Incorporated Area
- Levelland (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Opdyke West	town	Incorporated Area
- Ropesville	city	Incorporated Area
- Smyer	town	Incorporated Area
- Sundown	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."