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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

Hunt County, Texas

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

County Seat: Greenville
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 841

Court House:

P.O. Box 1097
County Courthouse
Greenville, TX 75403-1097

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Memucan Hunt, Jr., a secretary of the navy under the Republic of Texas

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Hunt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its seat is Greenville. Hunt County is named for Memucan Hunt, a secretary of the navy of the Republic of Texas

Although the Mexican government made a few land grants in the area of Hunt County in 1835, settlement did not begin until 1839. When Anglo-American settlers first arrived, the area was inhabited by small bands of Kiowa Indians, who left shortly thereafter and posed few problems for the settlers. Settlement remained sparse during the years of the republic and early statehood. An estimated 350 people lived in the county when it was formed from Fannin and Nacogdoches counties in 1846 and named for Memucan Hunt,^qv the first Texas minister to Washington. Greenville, established on land donated by McQuinney H. Wright and James G. Bourland,^qv became the county seat. The original county boundaries were reduced by the establishment of Rains County in 1870, but afterward remained unchanged.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/HH/hch22.html (accessed November 6, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 882 square miles (2,284 km²), of which, 841 square miles (2,179 km²) of it is land and 41 square miles (106 km²) of it (4.63%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Fannin County (north)
Delta County (northeast)
Hopkins County (east)
Rains County (southeast)
Van Zandt County (south)
Kaufman County (south)
Rockwall County (southwest)
Collin County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Caddo Mills	city	Incorporated Area
- Campbell	city	Incorporated Area
- Celeste	city	Incorporated Area
- Commerce	city	Incorporated Area
- Greenville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Hawk Cove	city	Incorporated Area
- Lone Oak	town	Incorporated Area
- Neylandville	town	Incorporated Area
- Quinlan	city	Incorporated Area
- West Tawakoni	town	Incorporated Area
- Wolfe City	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."