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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

Limestone County, Texas

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

County Seat: Groesbeck
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 909

Court House:

PO Box 469
County Courthouse
Groesbeck, TX 76642-0469

Etymology - Origin of County Name

the limestone deposits in the region

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Limestone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its county seat is Groesbeck

In the mid-1840s new settlements were established at Springfield and Tehuacana Hills. On April 11, 1846, Limestone County was formed from Robertson County, and a week later Springfield was established as the county seat. This town had a population of 120 when it was incorporated in 1848. In 1873, however, when the courthouse burned and the Houston and Texas Central Railway bypassed the town, an election was ordered and Groesbeck became the county seat. The organization of the county was completed on August 18, 1846, with the election of county officials. Limestone County originally included all the land between the Brazos and Trinity rivers on the east and west, and the land north of Robertson County to Navarro County. In 1848 part of northern and western Limestone County was taken to form McLennan and Falls counties, and in 1850 part of the eastern section was taken to form part of Freestone County. The boundaries were changed to their present form on November 2, 1866.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/hcl9.html (accessed November 7, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 933 square miles (2,417 km²), of which, 909 square miles (2,354 km²) of it is land and 24 square miles (63 km²) of it (2.60%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Navarro County (north)
Freestone County (northeast)
Leon County (southeast)
Robertson County (south)
Falls County (southwest)
McLennan County (west)
Hill County (northwest)

Cities and Towns:

- Coolidge	town	Incorporated Area
- Groesbeck (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Kosse	town	Incorporated Area
- Mexia	city	Incorporated Area
- Mustang	town	Incorporated Area
- Tehuacana	town	Incorporated Area
- Thornton	town	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."