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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 |
Leon County, TexasLeon County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County Nameuncertain, either Martin De Leon, the founder of Victoria, Texas, or a yellow wolf which lived in the area which was nicknamed "lion"; Leon is Spanish for lion Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryLeon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its seat is Centerville. The legislature of the Republic
of Texas authorized Leon County in 1846 from part of Robertson County, and named it in honor of Martín De León, the
founder of Victoria, Texas. However, local tradition holds that it is named for a yellow wolf of the region commonly
called the león ("lion" in Spanish). The county was organized that same year with its first county seat at Leona. In
1851 the county seat was moved to Centerville since Leona was in the far southern part of the county. Leon County was officially formed from Robertson County by the First Texas Legislature in 1846. The first meeting of the county court was held on October 16, 1846, with R. E. B. Baylorqv as presiding judge. The naming of the county is the subject of much controversy. Some maintain that it was named for Martín De León,qv founder of Victoria. However, many residents insist that the name ("lion" in Spanish) came from the nickname of a yellow wolf of the region commonly called the león. The first county seat, Leona, on the southern boundary near the Old San Antonio Road, was picked in 1846. The first chief justice was David M. Brown; William B. Middleton served as sheriff for the first term in 1846. Centerville became county seat in 1851, as a result of a state requirement that county offices be as close to the geographical center of a county as possible. The first newspaper was published there in 1851, the Leona Signal, under the ownership of Judge W. D. Wood. More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/hcl7.html (accessed November 7, 2008). GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,080 square miles (2,798 km˛), of which,
1,072 square miles (2,777 km˛) of it is land and 8 square miles (21 km˛) of it (0.77%) 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." |
