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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

Jasper County, Texas

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

County Seat: Jasper
Year Organized: 1836
Square Miles: 938

Court House:

121 N. Austin
County Courthouse
Jasper, TX 75951-0000

Etymology - Origin of County Name

William Jasper, an American Revolutionary War hero who was killed at Savannah, Georgia in 1779

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Jasper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its county seat is Jasper. Jasper County is named for William Jasper, an American Revolutionary War hero.

Jasper County was established when the Convention of 1836^qv converted old municipalities into counties, but it was not until 1837 that an act was passed defining the county boundaries. The town of Jasper was named county seat by the county commissioners in 1836 and grew around a log courthouse and jail built on the main square. In 1846 the original Jasper County was split into two parts; the eastern portion became Newton County. In 1847 Andrew Smyth^qv built a sawmill near Bevilport, using the swift current of Indian Creek for power. After a fire destroyed the Jasper County Courthouse and all county records in 1849, a new two-story structure was quickly constructed

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/JJ/hcj3.html (accessed November 6, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 970 square miles (2,511 km²), of which, 937 square miles (2,428 km²) of it is land and 32 square miles (83 km²) of it (3.32%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

San Augustine County (north)
Sabine County (northeast)
Newton County (east)
Orange County (south)
Hardin County (southwest)
Tyler County (west)
Angelina County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Jasper (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Kirbyville	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."