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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

King County, Texas

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

County Seat: Guthrie
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 912

Court House:

PO Box 127
County Courthouse
Guthrie, TX 79236-0127

Etymology - Origin of County Name

William Phillip King, who died at the Battle of the Alamo

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.Its county seat is Guthrie. King County has the third-smallest population of any county in the United States, ranking ahead of only Loving County, Texas and Kalawao County, Hawaii. The county was named for William Philip King, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

The area that is now King County was occupied by Apache Indians until the early eighteenth century, when Comanches moved into the region. Comanches of the Wanderers band controlled the area until the late nineteenth century. The material culture of the Wanderers reflected the tribe's nomadic habits. Their tepees were easily moved and set up as they roamed the area hunting buffalo^qv and other game, as well as the several plants the group used for food. Like other Comanche bands, the Wanderers were fierce warriors, skilled horsemen, and relentless raiders. In the 1870s the United States Army pushed the Indians out of the area and opened the region to white settlement. On August 21, 1876, the Texas legislature formed King County from lands previously assigned to Bexar County. By 1880 the United States Census counted forty residents in the county. Some of the earliest settlers were Isom Lynn, A. C. Tackett, Brants Baker, and Bud Arnett. In 1890 there were twenty ranches and farms encompassing 4,413 acres in the county, and the population had grown to 173. In 1891, the county was organized, with the small town of Guthrie designated as the county seat. By 1900 the county had fifty-three farms and ranches, encompassing more than 480,232 acres. The population had grown to 490

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/KK/hck8.html (accessed November 6, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 913 square miles (2,366 km²), of which, 912 square miles (2,363 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it (0.11%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Cottle County (north)
Foard County (northeast)
Knox County (east)
Stonewall County (south)
Dickens County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Guthrie (County Seat)

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."