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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

Lamb County, Texas

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

County Seat: Littlefield
Year Organized: 1876
Square Miles: 1,016

Court House:

100 6th St.
County Courthouse
Littlefield, TX 79339-3322

Etymology - Origin of County Name

George A. Lamb, who lost his life at the Battle of San Jacinto

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Lamb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its seat is Littlefield. Lamb County is named for George A. Lamb, who died in the Battle of San Jacinto. Lamb County was the home of the Texas House Speaker Billy Wayne "Bill" Clayton, who served from 1975 until 1983.

The South Plains of Texas was long the domain of Apachean peoples until they were pushed out of the region by the more warlike Comanches around 1700. The Comanches ruled the Panhandle-Plains until the Red River War^qv of 1873-74, when they were crushed by the United States Army. In 1875 the Comanches left the Panhandle-Plains for reservations in Indian Territory, leaving the region to the buffalo^qv hunters. Between 1876 and 1880 the huge buffalo herds on the Texas Plains were almost exterminated, leaving the area open for occupation by cattlemen. Lamb County was established by the Texas legislature in 1876 from lands previously assigned to Bexar County.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/hcl2.html (accessed November 7, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,018 square miles (2,636 km²), of which, 1,016 square miles (2,632 km²) of it is land and 2 square miles (4 km²) of it (0.15%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Castro County (north)
Hale County (east)
Hockley County (south)
Bailey County (west)
Parmer County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Amherst	city	Incorporated Area
- Earth	city	Incorporated Area
- Littlefield (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Olton	city	Incorporated Area
- Springlake	town	Incorporated Area
- Sudan	city	Incorporated Area

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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."