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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

Nueces County, Texas

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

County Seat: Corpus Christi
Year Organized: 1846
Square Miles: 836

Court House:

901 Leopard Street
County Courthouse
Corpus Christi, TX 78401-3606

Etymology - Origin of County Name

the Nueces River; Nueces is Spanish for nuts (early explorers noted numerous pecan trees along its banks)

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Nueces County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county seat is Corpus Christi and it is part of the Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nueces County is named for the Nueces River, which flows through the county.

Nueces County, including the entire area south of Bexar County west to the Rio Grande and east to the Gulf of Mexico, was formed from San Patricio County in 1846 and organized the same year. Corpus Christi, which was incorporated in 1846, became the county seat. The population of the county, however, remained small. Although large numbers of fortune-seekers passed through Corpus Christi to join wagon trains heading west during the California gold rush of 1849, few settlers put down roots. Continuous Indian attacks and the relative isolation of the region kept away most would-be settlers. The first census of the county in 1850 showed a population of 689. Between 1850 and 1861 the Nueces County area was further divided to form several new counties.

More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/NN/hcn5.html (accessed November 7, 2008).

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,166 square miles (3,021 km²), of which, 836 square miles (2,165 km²) of it is land and 331 square miles (856 km²) of it (28.34%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

San Patricio County (north)
Gulf of Mexico (east)
Kleberg County (south)
Jim Wells County (west)

Cities and Towns:

- Agua Dulce	city	Incorporated Area
- Bishop	city	Incorporated Area
- Corpus Christi (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Driscoll	city	Incorporated Area
- Petronila	city	Incorporated Area
- Port Aransas	city	Incorporated Area
- Robstown	city	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."