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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 |
Runnels County, TexasRunnels County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameHiram George Runnels, the ninth governor of Mississippi and planter in Texas Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryRunnels County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. I Its seat is Ballinger. The county is named for Hiram G. Runnels, a Texas state legislator. Although the area was still sparsely populated, the demands of the advancing frontier were such that on February 1, 1858, the Texas legislature established twenty-three new counties. One of these was Runnels County, named in honor of Hiram G. Runnels,qv an ex-governor of Mississippi and a Texas state legislator. The county was carved from Bexar and Travis county lands. The first civilian settlement in Runnels County, Pickettville, was established in 1862 by Mr. and Mrs. John Guest and their three sons, Henry and Robert K. Wylieqv and their cowboys and a black servant, and Mrs. Felicia Gordon and her five sons. This small group was joined shortly thereafter by Richard Coffeyqv and his family near the site of present Ballinger. Pickettville lasted only a few years; by 1866 it had been abandoned, as the families moved their stock out into the open range. During the 1870s the rich grasslands of Runnels County attracted more and more stockmen who were willing to risk Indian attacks. By 1876, after the Texas Rangersqv and United States troops such as those led by Col. Ranald S. Mackenzieqv had broken Indian resistance and driven them into Oklahoma, settlement began in earnest. In the late 1870s and early 1880s cattlemen, mostly from the southern United States, took possession of Runnels County, establishing camps along the Colorado River and its tributaries. Runnels County was organized in February 1880 and had a population of 980. It had no towns, only scattered settlements More at Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/RR/hcr11.html (accessed November 8, 2008). GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,057 square miles (2,738 kmē), of which,
1,051 square miles (2,721 kmē) of it is land and 6 square miles (17 kmē) of it (0.61%) 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." |
