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Texas Counties
 Click Image to Enlarge Texas CountiesTexas 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 |
Lee County, TexasLee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameRobert Edward Lee, the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the Civil War Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryLee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its county seat is Giddings. Lee County is named for Robert E. Lee, the commander-in-chief of the Confederate army. During the Civil War and Reconstructionqv the Lee County area was politically divided. As voting records demonstrate, residents of the area were sharply at odds on the secessionqv issue. Although Bastrop and Fayette counties both voted against secession by small margins, Burleson and Washington counties voted overwhelmingly in favor of it. Among those speaking out against secession was Tirus H. Mundineqv of Lexington, a leader of the Constitutional Union party,qv who as a representative to the Texas legislature voted against secession. When the war broke out the majority of the residents in the region supported the Confederacy, and a number of companies were raised in the area. Company H of the Second Texas Infantryqv was organized in Burleson County, which included Lexington and the surrounding region. Many other Lee County men served in Company E of the Fifth Texas Infantry, the "Dixie Blues," who were recruited in Washington County. Although no battles took place in this area during the Civil War, the war and its aftermath depressed the local economy. Not until the early 1870s did the economy begin to recover. In 1871 the new town of Giddings was founded, in what was then Washington County. Discussion began about the need for a new county so that residents would not have to travel so far to the county seat. A meeting of citizens from western Burleson and Washington counties and northeastern Bastrop and Fayette counties, held in January 1873, resulted in a resolution calling for the establishment of a new county to be named in honor of Robert E. Lee.qv The legislature passed the bill by April 1874. A boundary dispute, however, began over the western segment of Burleson County, which lawmakers had originally intended to include in a new county called Franklin County, to be formed just north of Lee County. When the Franklin County bill was indefinitely postponed, questions arose about what to do with the territory. Senator Seth Shepardqv introduced a bill to make the disputed area part of Lee County. The measure passed quickly and became law on May 2, 1874. More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. ","
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/hcl6.html (accessed November 7, 2008). GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 634 square miles (1,642 kmē), of which, 628
square miles (1,628 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (14 kmē) of it (0.87%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
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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." |
