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==List== {{Countytabletop | region_width = | fips_ref = <ref name="FIPS">{{cite web|url= https://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/tx.html|title= EPA County FIPS Code Listing|publisher= EPA|access-date= April 9, 2007|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060427070927/http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/tx.html|archive-date= April 27, 2006}}</ref> | region_seat_width = | region_seat_title = County seat | region_seat_ref = <ref name="NACO">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=TX |title=NACo - Find a county |author=National Association of Counties |access-date=April 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213225518/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=tx |archive-date=February 13, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | data2_width = | data2_title = {{abbr|Est.|Established}} | data2_ref = <ref name="NACO"/> | data3_width = | data3_title = Origin | data3_ref = | data4_width = | data4_unsortable = yes | data4_title = Etymology | data4_ref = | population_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/TX/PST045219|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Texas|website=U.S. Census Bureau|language=en|access-date=March 14, 2025}}</ref> | area_ref = <ref name="NACO" /> }} {{Countyrow|Name=Anderson|N=48|Num=001|Seat=Palestine |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Houston County, Texas|Houston County]] |Data4=[[Kenneth Lewis Anderson]] <small>(1805–1845)</small>, the last vice president of the [[Republic of Texas]]|Population=59512|Area=1071|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Andrews|N=48|Num=003|Seat=Andrews |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Richard Andrews (soldier)|Richard Andrews]] <small>(1800–1835)</small>, the first Texan soldier to die in the [[Texas Revolution]]|Population=18923|Area=1501|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Angelina|N=48|Num=005|Seat=Lufkin |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=A [[Hainai]] [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]] woman who assisted early [[Spain|Spanish]] missionaries, whom they called "Little Angel" (Spanish:''Angelina'')|Population=88094|Area=802|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Aransas|N=48|Num=007|Seat=Rockport |Data2=1871 |Data3=[[Refugio County, Texas|Refugio County]] |Data4=[[Aransas Bay]], named in turn for an early [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] fort; this support was supposedly named in turn for a Spanish palace Aránzazu, possibly related to the [[Sanctuary of Arantzazu|Sanctuario de Aránzazu]]. (''Arantzazu'' is [[Basque language|Basque]] for "place of thorns")|Population=25595|Area=252|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Archer|N=48|Num=009|Seat=Archer City |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[Branch Tanner Archer]], a commissioner for the Republic of Texas|Population=9155|Area=910|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Armstrong|N=48|Num=011|Seat=Claude |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=One of several Texas pioneer families, although it is not certain which one|Population=1809|Area=914|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Atascosa|N=48|Num=013|Seat=Jourdanton |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=The [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word for "boggy"|Population=52783|Area=1232|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Austin|N=48|Num=015|Seat=Bellville |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Stephen F. Austin]] <small>(1793–1836)</small>, known as the Father of Texas|Population=32546|Area=653|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bailey|N=48|Num=017|Seat=Muleshoe |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Peter James Bailey III]], a soldier and defender of the [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|Alamo]]|Population=7031|Area=827|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bandera|N=48|Num=019|Seat=Bandera |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Bandera Pass]], named in turn for the Spanish word for "[[flag]]"|Population=22830|Area=792|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bastrop|N=48|Num=021|Seat=Bastrop |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=Baron [[Felipe Enrique Neri]] de [[Barony of Bastrop|Bastrop]], the Dutch settler who provided essential help to Stephen F. Austin in obtaining [[Old Three Hundred|his original land grants]]|Population=114931|Area=888|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Baylor|N=48|Num=023|Seat=Seymour |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[Henry Weidner Baylor]], a surgeon in the [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]] during the [[Mexican–American War]]|Population=3533|Area=871|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bee|N=48|Num=025|Seat=Beeville |Data2=1857 |Data3=[[San Patricio County, Texas|San Patricio County]], [[Goliad County, Texas|Goliad County]], [[Refugio County, Texas|Refugio County]], [[Live Oak County, Texas|Live Oak County]], and [[Karnes County, Texas|Karnes County]] |Data4=[[Barnard E. Bee, Sr.|Barnard Elliott Bee, Sr.]] <small>(1787–1853)</small>, a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas|Population=31226|Area=880|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bell|N=48|Num=027|Seat=Belton |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] |Data4=[[Peter Hansborough Bell]], the third [[List of Governors of Texas|governor of Texas]] <small>(1849–1853)</small>|Population=399578|Area=1059|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bexar|N=48|Num=029|Seat=San Antonio |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[San Antonio de Béxar]], the major [[presidio]] in [[Mexico|Mexican]] Texas, named in turn for the [[San Antonio River]] and the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] [[Baltasar de Zúñiga, 1st Duke of Arión|viceroy]]'s family, who were [[Duke of Béjar|Dukes of Béjar]] in [[Spain]]|Population=2127737|Area=1247|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Blanco|N=48|Num=031|Seat=Johnson City |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Burnet County, Texas|Burnet County]], [[Comal County, Texas|Comal County]], [[Gillespie County, Texas|Gillespie County]] and [[Hays County, Texas|Hays County]] |Data4=The [[Blanco River (Texas)|Blanco River]]. (''Blanco'' is Spanish for "white")|Population=13358|Area=711|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Borden|N=48|Num=033|Seat=Gail |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Gail Borden, Jr.]] <small>(1801–1874)</small>, businessman, publisher, surveyor, and inventor of [[condensed milk]]|Population=557|Area=899|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bosque|N=48|Num=035|Seat=Meridian |Data2=1854 |Data3=[[McLennan County, Texas|McLennan County]] |Data4=The [[Bosque River]]. (''Bosque'' is Spanish for "wooded")|Population=19013|Area=989|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Bowie|N=48|Num=037|Seat=New Boston |Data2=1840 |Data3=[[Red River County, Texas|Red River County]] |Data4=[[Jim Bowie|James Bowie]] <small>(1796–1836)</small>, the legendary knife fighter who died at the [[Battle of the Alamo]]|Population=91992|Area=888|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Brazoria|N=48|Num=039|Seat=Angleton |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Brazoria, Texas]], an early port on the [[Brazos River]]|Population=413224|Area=1387|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Brazos|N=48|Num=041|Seat=Bryan |Data2=1841 |Data3=[[Washington County, Texas|Washington County]]. <small>Named Navasota County until 1842</small> |Data4=The Brazos River (from Spanish ''Los Brazos de Dios'', the arms of God)|Population=249624|Area=586|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Brewster|N=48|Num=043|Seat=Alpine |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Presidio County, Texas|Presidio County]] |Data4=[[Henry Percy Brewster]] <small>(1816–1884)</small>, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas and soldier in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]|Population=9508|Area=6193|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Briscoe|N=48|Num=045|Seat=Silverton |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Andrew Briscoe]] <small>(1810–1849)</small>, a signatory of the Texan Declaration of Independence and soldier during the Texan Revolution|Population=1494|Area=900|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Brooks|N=48|Num=047|Seat=Falfurrias |Data2=1911 |Data3=[[Starr County, Texas|Starr County]] |Data4=[[James Brooks (Texas Ranger)|James Abijah Brooks]], a Texas Ranger and state legislator|Population=6740|Area=943|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Brown|N=48|Num=049|Seat=Brownwood |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Comanche County, Texas|Comanche County]] and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=Henry Stevenson Brown, a commander at the [[Battle of Velasco]]|Population=38631|Area=944|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Burleson|N=48|Num=051|Seat=Caldwell |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] |Data4=[[Edward Burleson]] <small>(1798–1851)</small>, a general of the Texas Revolution and Vice President of the Republic of Texas |Population=20179|Area=666|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Burnet|N=48|Num=053|Seat=Burnet |Data2=1852 |Data3=[[Bell County, Texas|Bell County]], [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] and [[Williamson County, Texas|Williamson County]] |Data4=[[David G. Burnet|David Gouverneur Burnet]], the first [[List of Presidents of the Republic of Texas|president]] of the Republic of Texas <small>(1836)</small>|Population=55722|Area=995|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Caldwell|N=48|Num=055|Seat=Lockhart |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Bastrop County, Texas|Bastrop County]] and [[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales County]] |Data4=[[Matthew Caldwell]], a signer of the [[Texas Declaration of Independence]] and soldier during the Texas Revolution|Population=52430|Area=546|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Calhoun|N=48|Num=057|Seat=Port Lavaca |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Jackson County, Texas|Jackson County]], [[Matagorda County, Texas|Matagorda County]] and [[Victoria County, Texas|Victoria County]] |Data4=[[John C. Calhoun]], the seventh [[Vice President of the United States|vice president of the United States]] <small>(1825–1832)</small>|Population=19942|Area=512|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Callahan|N=48|Num=059|Seat=Baird |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]], and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=James Hughes Callahan, a soldier during the Texas Revolution|Population=14615|Area=899|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cameron|N=48|Num=061|Seat=Brownsville |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces County]] and lands ceded by [[Mexico]] |Data4=[[Ewen Cameron (Captain)|Ewen Cameron]], a soldier during the Texas Revolution killed during the [[Mier Expedition|Black Bean Episode]]|Population=431874|Area=906|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Camp|N=48|Num=063|Seat=Pittsburg |Data2=1874 |Data3=[[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur County]] |Data4=[[John Lafayette Camp]] <small>(1828–1891)</small>, a Texas state senator|Population=13164|Area=198|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Carson|N=48|Num=065|Seat=Panhandle |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Samuel Price Carson]], the first secretary of state of the Republic of Texas <small>(1836–1838)</small>|Population=5822|Area=923|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cass|N=48|Num=067|Seat=Linden |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie County]] <small>Named Davis County from 1861 to 1871</small>|Data4=[[Lewis Cass]] <small>(1782–1866)</small>, a senator from [[Michigan]], who had favored the annexation of Texas to the [[United States]]. <small> <br />Named Davis County 1861-1871 </small>|Population=28622|Area=938|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Castro|N=48|Num=069|Seat=Dimmitt |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Henri Castro]] <small>(1786–1865)</small>, a French consul general for the Republic of Texas and founder of a colony in Texas|Population=7380|Area=898|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Chambers|N=48|Num=071|Seat=Anahuac |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]] and [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]] |Data4=[[Thomas Jefferson Chambers]], lawyer and surveyor who helped to resolve land disputes for Americans in [[Mexican Texas]]|Population=56179|Area=599|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cherokee|N=48|Num=073|Seat=Rusk |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=The [[Cherokee]] Native American tribe|Population=53223|Area=1052|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Childress|N=48|Num=075|Seat=Childress |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[George Campbell Childress]] <small>(1804–1841)</small>, one of the authors of the [[Texas Declaration of Independence]]|Population=6679|Area=710|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Clay|N=48|Num=077|Seat=Henrietta |Data2=1857 |Data3=[[Cooke County, Texas|Cooke County]] |Data4= [[Henry Clay]], [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and ninth [[United States Secretary of State|secretary of state of the United States]] <small>(1825–1829)</small>|Population=10730|Area=1098|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cochran|N=48|Num=079|Seat=Morton |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Robert E. Cochran]] <small>(1810–1836)</small>, a defender of the Alamo|Population=2583|Area=775|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Coke|N=48|Num=081|Seat=Robert Lee |Data2=1889 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[Richard Coke]], the 15th governor of Texas <small>(1874–1876)</small>|Population=3396|Area=899|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Coleman|N=48|Num=083|Seat=Coleman |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Brown County, Texas|Brown County]] and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=Robert M. Coleman, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and soldier at the [[Battle of San Jacinto]]|Population=7990|Area=1273|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Collin|N=48|Num=085|Seat=McKinney |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[Collin McKinney]] <small>(1766–1861)</small>, an author of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the oldest person to sign it|Population=1254658|Area=848|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Collingsworth|N=48|Num=087|Seat=Wellington |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[James Collinsworth]], a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas. <small>(spelling differs due to an error in the bill creating the county)</small>|Population=2611|Area=919|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Colorado|N=48|Num=089|Seat=Columbus |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=The [[Colorado River (Texas)|Colorado River]] of Texas<br/> (''Colorado'' is Spanish for "colored")|Population=21475|Area=963|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Comal|N=48|Num=091|Seat=New Braunfels |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=The [[Comal River]]. (''Comal'' is Spanish for "basin")|Population=201628|Area=562|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Comanche|N=48|Num=093|Seat=Comanche |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]] and [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell County]] |Data4=The [[Comanche]] Native American tribe|Population=14359|Area=938|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Concho|N=48|Num=095|Seat=Paint Rock |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=The [[Concho River]]. (''Concho'' is Spanish for "shell")|Population=3326|Area=992|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cooke|N=48|Num=097|Seat=Gainesville |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=William Gordon Cooke, a soldier during the Texas Revolution|Population=44258|Area=874|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Coryell|N=48|Num=099|Seat=Gatesville |Data2=1854 |Data3=[[Bell County, Texas|Bell County]] |Data4=James Coryell, a frontiersman and Texas Ranger who was killed by [[Native Americans (U.S.)|Native Americans]]|Population=86370|Area=1052|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Cottle|N=48|Num=101|Seat=Paducah |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[George Washington Cottle]], who died defending the Alamo|Population=1263|Area=901|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Crane|N=48|Num=103|Seat=Crane |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[William Carey Crane]], a president of [[Baylor University]]|Population=4594|Area=786|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Crockett|N=48|Num=105|Seat=Ozona |Data2=1875 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[David Crockett]] <small>(1786–1836)</small>, the legendary frontiersman who died at the Battle of the Alamo|Population=2799|Area=2808|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Crosby|N=48|Num=107|Seat=Crosbyton |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Stephen Crosby]], a Texas Land Commissioner|Population=5030|Area=900|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Culberson|N=48|Num=109|Seat=Van Horn |Data2=1911 |Data3=[[El Paso County, Texas|El Paso County]] |Data4=[[David Browning Culberson]], a lawyer, U.S. Congressman, and soldier in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]|Population=2254|Area=3813|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Dallam|N=48|Num=111|Seat=Dalhart |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[James Wilmer Dallam]], a lawyer and newspaper publisher who had a close association with the [[Supreme Court of Texas]]|Population=7526|Area=1505|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Dallas|N=48|Num=113|Seat=Dallas |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] and [[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson County]] |Data4=[[George M. Dallas|George Mifflin Dallas]], the eleventh [[Vice President of the United States|vice president of the United States]] <small>(1845–1849)<br/>(Disputed)</small>|Population=2656028|Area=880|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Dawson|N=48|Num=115|Seat=Lamesa |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Nicholas Mosby Dawson]], a soldier of the Texan Revolution and victim of the [[Dawson Massacre]]|Population=11758|Area=902|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Deaf Smith|N=48|Num=117|Seat=Hereford |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Erastus Smith|Erastus "Deaf" Smith]] <small>(1787–1837)</small>, a scout during the Texan Revolution|Population=18495|Area=1497|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Delta|N=48|Num=119|Seat=Cooper |Data2=1870 |Data3=[[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins County]] and [[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar County]] |Data4=Its [[Triangle|triangular]] shape, much like the [[Greek language|Greek]] letter [[Delta (letter)|Delta]]|Population=5647|Area=277|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Denton|N=48|Num=121|Seat=Denton |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[John B. Denton|John Bunyan Denton]] <small>(1806–1841)</small>, a preacher, lawyer, and soldier killed during a raid on a Native American camp|Population=1045120|Area=888|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=DeWitt|N=48|Num=123|Seat=Cuero |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Goliad County, Texas|Goliad County]], [[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales County]] and [[Victoria County, Texas|Victoria County]] |Data4=[[Green DeWitt]], an ''[[empresario]]'' who founded an early colony in Texas|Population=20252|Area=909|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Dickens|N=48|Num=125|Seat=Dickens |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=J.A. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo|Population=1725|Area=904|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Dimmit|N=48|Num=127|Seat=Carrizo Springs |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[Maverick County, Texas|Maverick County]], [[Uvalde County, Texas|Uvalde County]] and [[Webb County, Texas|Webb County]] |Data4=[[Philip Dimmitt]], a major figure in the Texas Revolution|Population=8181|Area=1331|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Donley|N=48|Num=129|Seat=Clarendon |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Stockton P. Donley]], a frontier lawyer and Texas Supreme Court justice|Population=3193|Area=930|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Duval|N=48|Num=131|Seat=San Diego |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Live Oak County, Texas|Live Oak County]], [[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces County]] and [[Starr County, Texas|Starr County]] |Data4=[[Burr H. DuVal|Burr Harrison DuVal]] <small>(1809–1836)</small>, a soldier in the Texas Revolution who died in the [[Goliad Massacre]]|Population=9585|Area=1793|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Eastland|N=48|Num=133|Seat=Eastland |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]], [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell County]] and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=William Mosby Eastland, a soldier during the Texas Revolution|Population=18290|Area=926|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Ector|N=48|Num=135|Seat=Odessa |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[Matthew Ector]] <small>(1822–1879)</small>, a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] general during the Civil War |Population=170022|Area=901|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Edwards|N=48|Num=137|Seat=Rocksprings |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Haden Edwards]] <small>(1771–1849)</small>, ''[[empresario]]'' and [[filibuster (military)|filibuster]] who led the [[Fredonian Rebellion]]|Population=1383|Area=2120|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Ellis|N=48|Num=139|Seat=Waxahachie |Data2=1849 |Data3=[[Navarro County, Texas|Navarro County]] |Data4=[[Richard Ellis (Texas politician)|Richard Ellis]] <small>(1781–1846)</small>, president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence|Population=232387|Area=940|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=El Paso|N=48|Num=141|Seat=El Paso |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Santa Fe County, Texas|Santa Fe County]] |Data4=Neighboring [[Ciudad Juárez, Mexico]], formerly called ''El Paso del Norte'' as it served as the pass north from central Mexico to the settlements of [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México|New Mexico]]|Population=875784|Area=1013|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Erath|N=48|Num=143|Seat=Stephenville |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]] and [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell County]] |Data4=[[George Bernard Erath]], an early surveyor and a soldier at the [[Battle of San Jacinto]]|Population=44496|Area=1086|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Falls|N=48|Num=145|Seat=Marlin |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Limestone County, Texas|Limestone County]] and [[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] |Data4=The [[waterfall|Falls]] on the Brazos|Population=17752|Area=769|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Fannin|N=48|Num=147|Seat=Bonham |Data2=1837 |Data3=[[Red River County, Texas|Red River County]] |Data4=[[James Fannin|James Walker Fannin, Jr.]] <small>(1805–1836)</small>, the commander of the Texans killed in the [[Goliad Massacre]]|Population=38650|Area=892|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Fayette|N=48|Num=149|Seat=La Grange |Data2=1837 |Data3=[[Bastrop County, Texas|Bastrop County]] |Data4=[[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette]] <small>(1757–1834)</small>, the [[France|French]]-born general and hero of the [[American Revolutionary War]]|Population=25488|Area=950|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Fisher|N=48|Num=151|Seat=Roby |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Samuel Rhoads Fisher]] <small>(1794–1839)</small>, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and secretary of the Navy under the Republic of Texas|Population=3665|Area=901|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Floyd|N=48|Num=153|Seat=Floydada |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Dolphin Ward Floyd, who died defending the Alamo|Population=5042|Area=992|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Foard|N=48|Num=155|Seat=Crowell |Data2=1891 |Data3=[[Cottle County, Texas|Cottle County]], [[Hardeman County, Texas|Hardeman County]], [[King County, Texas|King County]] and [[Knox County, Texas|Knox County]] |Data4=Robert Levi Foard, an attorney and Confederate major in the Civil War|Population=1053|Area=707|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Fort Bend|N=48|Num=157|Seat=Richmond |Data2=1837 |Data3=[[Austin County, Texas|Austin County]], [[Brazoria County, Texas|Brazoria County]] and [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] |Data4=A [[blockhouse]] positioned in a bend of the Brazos River|Population=958434|Area=875|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Franklin|N=48|Num=159|Seat=Mount Vernon |Data2=1875 |Data3=[[Titus County, Texas|Titus County]] |Data4=[[Benjamin Cromwell Franklin]] <small>(1805–1873)</small>, a judge and Texas State Senator|Population=10912|Area=286|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Freestone|N=48|Num=161|Seat=Fairfield |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Limestone County, Texas|Limestone County]] |Data4=A type of [[peach]] grown in the area<ref name="Trivia">{{cite web | title=Texas Association of Counties facts | publisher=Texas Association of Counties | url=http://www.county.org/counties/facts.asp | access-date=April 12, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070408034638/http://www.county.org/counties/facts.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = April 8, 2007}}</ref>|Population=20645|Area=885|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Frio|N=48|Num=163|Seat=Pearsall |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Atascosa County, Texas|Atascosa County]], [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and [[Uvalde County, Texas|Uvalde County]] |Data4=The [[Frio River]]<br/> (''Frío'' is Spanish for "cold")|Population=19520|Area=1133|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Gaines|N=48|Num=165|Seat=Seminole |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=James Gaines, merchant and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence|Population=22892|Area=1502|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Galveston|N=48|Num=167|Seat=Galveston |Data2=1838 |Data3=[[Brazoria County, Texas|Brazoria County]], [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] and [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]] |Data4=[[Galveston, Texas|Its county seat]], named after [[Bernardo de Gálvez]], Spanish governor of the [[Louisiana Territory]] <small>(1777–1785)</small>|Population=367407|Area=399|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Garza|N=48|Num=169|Seat=Post |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[José Antonio de la Garza]], pioneering settler and first [[Mayor of San Antonio]] |Population=4645|Area=896|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Gillespie|N=48|Num=171|Seat=Fredericksburg |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=[[Robert Addison Gillespie]], a merchant, [[Mexican–American War]] soldier, and Texas Ranger |Population=28159|Area=1061|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Glasscock|N=48|Num=173|Seat=Garden City |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[George Washington Glasscock]] <small>(1810–1868)</small>, an early Texian settler, businessman, soldier, and state representative |Population=1153|Area=901|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Goliad|N=48|Num=175|Seat=Goliad |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Goliad, Texas|Its county seat]], named in turn as an [[anagram]] of [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla|Miguel Hidalgo]], the inspirational figure behind the [[Mexican War of Independence]] |Population=7221|Area=854|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Gonzales|N=48|Num=177|Seat=Gonzales |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Gonzales, Texas|Its county seat]], named in turn for [[Coahuila y Tejas]] governor [[Rafael Gonzales]]|Population=20040|Area=1068|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Gray|N=48|Num=179|Seat=Pampa |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Peter W. Gray]] <small>(1819–1874)</small>, a lawyer, state senator, and soldier in the Civil War|Population=20888|Area=928|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Grayson|N=48|Num=181|Seat=Sherman |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas|Population=150532|Area=934|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Gregg|N=48|Num=183|Seat=Longview |Data2=1873 |Data3=[[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur County]] |Data4=[[John Gregg (CSA)|John Gregg]] <small>(1828–1864)</small>, a Confederate general during the Civil War|Population=126679|Area=274|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Grimes|N=48|Num=185|Seat=Anderson |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Montgomery County, Texas|Montgomery County]] |Data4=[[Jesse Grimes]] <small>(1788–1866)</small>, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and early settler of the future county|Population=33448|Area=794|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Guadalupe|N=48|Num=187|Seat=Seguin |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and [[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales County]] |Data4=The [[Guadalupe River (Texas)|Guadalupe River]], named in turn for the Mexican spiritual [[icon]] [[Our Lady of Guadalupe]]|Population=195166|Area=711|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hale|N=48|Num=189|Seat=Plainview |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=John C. Hale, a lieutenant killed in action at the Battle of San Jacinto|Population=31953|Area=1005|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hall|N=48|Num=191|Seat=Memphis |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Warren D. C. Hall|Warren DeWitt Clinton Hall]], a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas <small>(1836)</small>|Population=2828|Area=903|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hamilton|N=48|Num=193|Seat=Hamilton |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]], [[Comanche County, Texas|Comanche County]] and [[Lampasas County, Texas|Lampasas County]] |Data4=[[James Hamilton Jr.]], [[governor of South Carolina]] <small>(1830–1832)</small> who gave financial aid to the Republic of Texas|Population=8644|Area=836|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hansford|N=48|Num=195|Seat=Spearman |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=John M. Hansford, a Texas state representative and judge|Population=5006|Area=920|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hardeman|N=48|Num=197|Seat=Quanah |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[Bailey Hardeman]], the first secretary of the treasury for the Republic of Texas, and his brother Thomas Jones Hardeman, state representative and judge |Population=3417|Area=695|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hardin|N=48|Num=199|Seat=Kountze |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]] and [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]] |Data4=The Hardin family, earliest settlers of [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]]|Population=58670|Area=894|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Harris|N=48|Num=201|Seat=Houston |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties <small>Named Harrisburg County until 1839</small>|Data4=[[John Richardson Harris]], early settler and founder of [[Harrisburg, Houston|Harrisburg, Texas]], which eventually became known as [[Houston]]|Population=5009302|Area=1729|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Harrison|N=48|Num=203|Seat=Marshall |Data2=1839 |Data3=[[Shelby County, Texas|Shelby County]] |Data4=Jonas Harrison, a lawyer and soldier in the Texas Revolution |Population=71370|Area=899|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hartley|N=48|Num=205|Seat=Channing |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Oliver C. Hartley|Oliver C.]] and Rufus K. Hartley, brothers and original reporters for the Texas Supreme Court |Population=4996|Area=1462|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Haskell|N=48|Num=207|Seat=Haskell |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] and [[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] |Data4=Charles Ready Haskell, Texas revolutionary soldier killed in the Goliad Massacre|Population=5435|Area=903|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hays|N=48|Num=209|Seat=San Marcos |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=[[John Coffee Hays]] <small>(1817–1883)</small>, a leading Texas Ranger and Mexican–American War officer|Population=292029|Area=678|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hemphill|N=48|Num=211|Seat=Canadian |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[John Hemphill (politician)|John Hemphill]] <small>(1803–1862)</small>, U.S. Senator and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court |Population=3134|Area=910|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Henderson|N=48|Num=213|Seat=Athens |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Houston County, Texas|Houston County]] and [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=[[James Pinckney Henderson]], the first governor of Texas <small>(1846–1847)</small>|Population=87467|Area=874|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hidalgo|N=48|Num=215|Seat=Edinburg |Data2=1852 |Data3=[[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron County]] |Data4=[[Miguel Hidalgo|Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]] <small>(1753–1811)</small>, the priest who [[Grito de Dolores|raised the call]] for Mexico's independence from Spain|Population=914820|Area=1569|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hill|N=48|Num=217|Seat=Hillsboro |Data2=1853 |Data3=[[Navarro County, Texas|Navarro County]] |Data4=[[George Washington Hill (politician)|George Washington Hill]], a secretary of war and secretary of the navy under the Republic of Texas|Population=38771|Area=962|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hockley|N=48|Num=219|Seat=Levelland |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[George Washington Hockley]] <small>(1802–1854)</small>, Chief of Staff of the Texas Army during the Texas Revolution and secretary of war of the Republic of Texas|Population=21505|Area=908|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hood|N=48|Num=221|Seat=Granbury |Data2=1866 |Data3=[[Johnson County, Texas|Johnson County]] |Data4=[[John Bell Hood]] <small>(1831–1879)</small>, a Confederate lieutenant general and the commander of [[Hood's Texas Brigade]]|Population=69126|Area=422|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hopkins|N=48|Num=223|Seat=Sulphur Springs |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Lamar County, Texas|Lamar County]] and [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=David Hopkins, an early settler in the future county|Population=38784|Area=785|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Houston|N=48|Num=225|Seat=Crockett |Data2=1837 |Data3=[[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=[[Sam Houston]] <small>(1793–1863)</small>, general of the Texan Revolution, commander at the [[Battle of San Jacinto]] and later president of the Republic of Texas, U.S. Senator and governor of the state of Texas|Population=22197|Area=1231|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Howard|N=48|Num=227|Seat=Big Spring |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Volney E. Howard|Volney Eskine Howard]], U.S. Representative from Texas <small>(1849–1853)</small>|Population=30833|Area=903|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hudspeth|N=48|Num=229|Seat=Sierra Blanca |Data2=1917 |Data3=[[El Paso County, Texas|El Paso County]] |Data4=[[Claude Benton Hudspeth]], a U.S. Congressman <small>(1919–1931)</small>, rancher, and newspaper publisher|Population=3608|Area=4571|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hunt|N=48|Num=231|Seat=Greenville |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] and [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=[[Memucan Hunt, Jr.]] <small>(1807–1856)</small>, a secretary of the navy under the Republic of Texas|Population=118729|Area=841|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Hutchinson|N=48|Num=233|Seat=Stinnett |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Andrew Hutchinson, an early settler and attorney|Population=19721|Area=887|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Irion|N=48|Num=235|Seat=Mertzon |Data2=1889 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[Robert Anderson Irion]] <small>(1804–1861)</small>, a secretary of state in the Republic of Texas|Population=1526|Area=1052|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jack|N=48|Num=237|Seat=Jacksboro |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Cooke County, Texas|Cooke County]] |Data4=[[Patrick C. Jack|Patrick]] and William Jack, brothers, participants in the [[Anahuac Disturbance]], and veterans of the Texas Revolution|Population=9398|Area=917|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jackson|N=48|Num=239|Seat=Edna |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Andrew Jackson]], hero of the [[Battle of New Orleans]] and the seventh president of the United States <small>(1829–1837)</small>|Population=15284|Area=830|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jasper|N=48|Num=241|Seat=Jasper |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[William Jasper]] <small>(1750–1779)</small>, an [[American Revolutionary War]] hero|Population=32907|Area=938|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jeff Davis|N=48|Num=243|Seat=Fort Davis |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Presidio County, Texas|Presidio County]] |Data4=[[Jefferson Davis]], president of the [[Confederate States of America]] <small>(1861–1865)</small>|Population=1778|Area=2265|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jefferson|N=48|Num=245|Seat=Beaumont |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Thomas Jefferson]], the third president of the United States and the principal author of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] <small>(1801–1809)</small>|Population=253948|Area=904|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jim Hogg|N=48|Num=247|Seat=Hebbronville |Data2=1913 |Data3=[[Brooks County, Texas|Brooks County]] and [[Duval County, Texas|Duval County]] |Data4=[[James Stephen Hogg]], the twentieth (and first native-born) governor of Texas <small>(1891–1895)</small>|Population=4583|Area=1136|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jim Wells|N=48|Num=249|Seat=Alice |Data2=1911 |Data3=[[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces County]] |Data4=[[James Babbage Wells, Jr.|James Babbage Wells Jr.]], judge and Democratic [[party boss]] in southern Texas|Population=38886|Area=865|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Johnson|N=48|Num=251|Seat=Cleburne |Data2=1854 |Data3=[[Ellis County, Texas|Ellis County]], [[Hill County, Texas|Hill County]] and [[Navarro County, Texas|Navarro County]] |Data4=Middleton Tate Johnson, a Texas Ranger, soldier in the Mexican–American War, and senator for the Republic of Texas|Population=210547|Area=729|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Jones|N=48|Num=253|Seat=Anson |Data2=1854 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and [[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]] |Data4=[[Anson Jones]], the fifth president of the Republic of Texas <small>(1844–1846)</small>|Population=20850|Area=931|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Karnes|N=48|Num=255|Seat=Karnes City |Data2=1854 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[DeWitt County, Texas|DeWitt County]], [[Goliad County, Texas|Goliad County]], [[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales County]] and [[San Patricio County, Texas|San Patricio County]] |Data4=[[Henry Karnes]] <small>(1812–1840)</small>, a soldier in the Texas Revolution|Population=15137|Area=750|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kaufman|N=48|Num=257|Seat=Kaufman |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]] |Data4=[[David Spangler Kaufman]], a [[Jewish]] Texas state senator and the second Jewish member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]|Population=197829|Area=786|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kendall|N=48|Num=259|Seat=Boerne |Data2=1862 |Data3=[[Blanco County, Texas|Blanco County]] and [[Kerr County, Texas|Kerr County]] |Data4=[[George Wilkins Kendall]], an early journalist and sheep rancher who gained national fame as a war correspondent during the Mexican–American War |Population=51828|Area=662|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kenedy|N=48|Num=261|Seat=Sarita |Data2=1921 |Data3=[[Hidalgo County, Texas|Hidalgo County]] and [[Willacy County, Texas|Willacy County]] (Due to a reorganization of Willacy County)|Data4=[[Mifflin Kenedy]], an early rancher and land speculator |Population=330|Area=1457|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kent|N=48|Num=263|Seat=Jayton |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Andrew Kent]], who died at the Battle of the Alamo|Population=703|Area=902|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kerr|N=48|Num=265|Seat=Kerrville |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[James Kerr (Texas politician)|James Kerr]] <small>(1790–1850)</small>, an early colonist in Texas and soldier in the Texas Revolution|Population=53900|Area=1106|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kimble|N=48|Num=267|Seat=Junction |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[George C. Kimbell]], who died at the Battle of the Alamo <small>(spelling differs due to an error in the bill creating the county)</small>|Population=4401|Area=1251|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=King|N=48|Num=269|Seat=Guthrie |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=William Phillip King, who died at the Battle of the Alamo|Population=215|Area=912|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kinney|N=48|Num=271|Seat=Brackettville |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Henry Lawrence Kinney]], a Texas state senator and unsuccessful land speculator|Population=3191|Area=1364|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Kleberg|N=48|Num=273|Seat=Kingsville |Data2=1913 |Data3=[[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces County]] |Data4=[[Robert J. Kleberg|Robert Justus Kleberg]] <small>(1803–1888)</small>, an early German settler and soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto|Population=30442|Area=871|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Knox|N=48|Num=275|Seat=Benjamin |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Henry Knox]], the first [[United States Secretary of War|secretary of war of the United States]] <small>(1785–1794)</small>|Population=3255|Area=854|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lamar|N=48|Num=277|Seat=Paris |Data2=1840 |Data3=[[Red River County, Texas|Red River County]] |Data4=[[Mirabeau B. Lamar|Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar]], the third president of the Republic of Texas <small>(1838–1842)</small>|Population=51249|Area=917|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lamb|N=48|Num=279|Seat=Littlefield |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=George A. Lamb, who died at the Battle of San Jacinto|Population=12687|Area=1016|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lampasas|N=48|Num=281|Seat=Lampasas |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bell County, Texas|Bell County]], [[Coryell County, Texas|Coryell County]] and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=The [[Lampasas River]]<br/> (''Lampasas'' is Spanish for "lilies")|Population=23539|Area=712|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=La Salle|N=48|Num=283|Seat=Cotulla |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]] <small>(1643–1687)</small>, the French explorer who traveled through Texas|Population=6679|Area=1489|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lavaca|N=48|Num=285|Seat=Hallettsville |Data2=1842 |Data3=[[Colorado County, Texas|Colorado County]], [[Fayette County, Texas|Fayette County]], [[Gonzales County, Texas|Gonzales County]], [[Jackson County, Texas|Jackson County]] and [[Victoria County, Texas|Victoria County]]<br/><small>Named La Buca County until 1846</small> |Data4=The [[Lavaca River]]<br/> (''La vaca'' is Spanish for "the cow")|Population=20605|Area=970|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lee|N=48|Num=287|Seat=Giddings |Data2=1874 |Data3=[[Bastrop County, Texas|Bastrop County]], [[Burleson County, Texas|Burleson County]], [[Fayette County, Texas|Fayette County]] and [[Washington County, Texas|Washington County]] |Data4=[[Robert E. Lee|Robert Edward Lee]] <small>(1807–1870)</small>, the commanding general of the Confederate forces during the Civil War|Population=18451|Area=629|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Leon|N=48|Num=289|Seat=Centerville |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson County]] |Data4=Disputed: Either Mexican ''[[empresario]]'' [[Martín De León]], who founded [[Victoria, Texas]];<br /> or the ''león'', a local variety of yellow [[Texas Wolf|wolf]]|Population=16698|Area=1072|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Liberty|N=48|Num=291|Seat=Liberty |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Liberty, Texas|Its county seat]], which was named either for the recent success of the [[Mexican War of Independence]] or for [[Liberty, Mississippi]]|Population=115042|Area=1160|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Limestone|N=48|Num=293|Seat=Groesbeck |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson County]] |Data4=The [[limestone]] deposits in the region|Population=22569|Area=909|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lipscomb|N=48|Num=295|Seat=Lipscomb |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Abner Smith Lipscomb]], justice of the [[Texas Supreme Court]] <small>(1846–1856)</small> and secretary of state of the Republic of Texas <small>(1840)</small>|Population=2880|Area=932|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Live Oak|N=48|Num=297|Seat=George West |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces County]] and [[San Patricio County, Texas|San Patricio County]] |Data4=The [[Texas live oak]] tree under which the petition for a new county was signed|Population=11967|Area=1036|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Llano|N=48|Num=299|Seat=Llano |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[Gillespie County, Texas|Gillespie County]] |Data4=The [[Llano River]]<br/> (''Llano'' is Spanish for "plains")|Population=23163|Area=935|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Loving|N=48|Num=301|Seat=Mentone |Data2=1887|Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] (1891)<br/>[[Reeves County, Texas|Reeves County]] (1931) |Data4=[[Oliver Loving]] <small>(1812–1867)</small>, a cattle rancher and pioneer of the [[Cattle drives in the United States|cattle drive]] who, with [[Charles Goodnight]], developed the [[Goodnight–Loving Trail]]|Population=48|Area=673|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lubbock|N=48|Num=303|Seat=Lubbock |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Thomas Saltus Lubbock]] <small>(1817–1862)</small>, a Texas Ranger and Confederate colonel during the Civil War|Population=327394|Area=900|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Lynn|N=48|Num=305|Seat=Tahoka |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[William Lynn (soldier)|William Lynn]], a soldier in the Texas Revolution from [[Massachusetts]] who is believed to have died defending the Alamo|Population=5952|Area=892|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=McCulloch|N=48|Num=307|Seat=Brady |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Benjamin McCulloch]] <small>(1811–1862)</small>, veteran of [[Battle of San Jacinto|San Jacinto]], Texas Ranger, and Confederate general|Population=7448|Area=1069|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=McLennan|N=48|Num=309|Seat=Waco |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Limestone County, Texas|Limestone County]] and [[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] |Data4=[[Neil McLennan]], an early settler in the future county|Population=270358|Area=1042|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=McMullen|N=48|Num=311|Seat=Tilden |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Atascosa County, Texas|Atascosa County]], [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and [[Live Oak County, Texas|Live Oak County]] |Data4=John McMullen <small>(1832–1883)</small>, an Irish-born empresario in Texas|Population=565|Area=1113|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Madison|N=48|Num=313|Seat=Madisonville |Data2=1853 |Data3=[[Grimes County, Texas|Grimes County]], [[Leon County, Texas|Leon County]] and [[Walker County, Texas|Walker County]] |Data4=[[James Madison]], the fourth president of the United States <small>(1809–1817)</small>|Population=13877|Area=470|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Marion|N=48|Num=315|Seat=Jefferson |Data2=1860 |Data3=[[Cass County, Texas|Cass County]] |Data4=[[Francis Marion]] <small>(1732–1795)</small>, American Revolutionary War general|Population=9704|Area=381|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Martin|N=48|Num=317|Seat=Stanton |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Wylie Martin, a Texas Revolutionary soldier and legislative representative for the Republic of Texas|Population=5179|Area=915|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Mason|N=48|Num=319|Seat=Mason |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Gillespie County, Texas|Gillespie County]] |Data4=[[Fort Mason (Texas)|Fort Mason]], which was named for either Lt. [[George T. Mason]], killed during the [[Mexican–American War]] in fighting near [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], or for Gen. [[Richard Barnes Mason]], military governor of California |Population=3987|Area=932|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Matagorda|N=48|Num=321|Seat=Bay City |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=The [[wikt:cane brake|canebrakes]] which once grew along the coast<br/> (''Mata gorda'' is Spanish for "fat bush")|Population=36391|Area=1114|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Maverick|N=48|Num=323|Seat=Eagle Pass |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Kinney County, Texas|Kinney County]] |Data4=[[Samuel Maverick|Samuel Augustus Maverick]] <small>(1803–1870)</small>, a rancher, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and representative in the Republic of Texas legislature|Population=58829|Area=1280|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Medina|N=48|Num=325|Seat=Hondo |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=The [[Medina River]], named for Spanish engineer [[Pedro de Medina]]|Population=55619|Area=1328|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Menard|N=48|Num=327|Seat=Menard |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Michel Branamour Menard]], the founder of [[Galveston, Texas]]|Population=1911|Area=902|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Midland|N=48|Num=329|Seat=Midland |Data2=1885 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[Midland, Texas|Its county seat]], which was named for its location halfway between [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] and [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] on the [[Texas and Pacific Railway]] (and "[[Midway, Texas]]", being already in use)|Population=183587|Area=900|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Milam|N=48|Num=331|Seat=Cameron |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Benjamin Rush Milam]] <small>(1788–1835)</small>, an early Texas colonizer and soldier in the Texas Revolution|Population=26159|Area=1017|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Mills|N=48|Num=333|Seat=Goldthwaite |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Brown County, Texas|Brown County]], [[Comanche County, Texas|Comanche County]], [[Hamilton County, Texas|Hamilton County]] and [[Lampasas County, Texas|Lampasas County]] |Data4=[[John T. Mills]] <small>(1817–1871)</small>, a Texas Supreme Court judge|Population=4563|Area=748|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Mitchell|N=48|Num=335|Seat=Colorado City |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Asa and Eli Mitchell, two early settlers and soldiers in the Texas Revolution|Population=8968|Area=910|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Montague|N=48|Num=337|Seat=Montague |Data2=1857 |Data3=[[Cooke County, Texas|Cooke County]] |Data4=[[Daniel Montague (land surveyor)|Daniel Montague]], a state senator and early surveyor in the future county|Population=21890|Area=931|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Montgomery|N=48|Num=339|Seat=Conroe |Data2=1837 |Data3=[[Washington County, Texas|Washington County]] |Data4=[[Montgomery, Texas]], which was named for Andrew J. Montgomery, veteran in San Jacinto Battle in 1836.|Population=749613|Area=1044|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Moore|N=48|Num=341|Seat=Dumas |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Edwin Ward Moore]] <small>(1810–1865)</small>, commodore of the [[Texan Navy]]|Population=21872|Area=900|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Morris|N=48|Num=343|Seat=Daingerfield |Data2=1875 |Data3=[[Titus County, Texas|Titus County]] |Data4=William Wright Morris, a planter and state legislator|Population=12184|Area=254|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Motley|N=48|Num=345|Seat=Matador |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Junius William Mottley, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence|Population=1015|Area=989|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Nacogdoches|N=48|Num=347|Seat=Nacogdoches |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Nacogdoches, Texas|Its county seat]], which was named for the [[Nacogdoche]] Native American tribe|Population=65728|Area=947|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Navarro|N=48|Num=349|Seat=Corsicana |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Robertson County, Texas|Robertson County]] |Data4=[[José Antonio Navarro]] <small>(1795–1871)</small>, a leading [[Tejano]] participant in the Texan Revolution and signer of the Texan Declaration of Independence|Population=56533|Area=1071|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Newton|N=48|Num=351|Seat=Newton |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Jasper County, Texas|Jasper County]] |Data4=[[John Newton (soldier)|John Newton]] <small>(1755–1780)</small>, a veteran of the Revolutionary War|Population=11908|Area=933|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Nolan|N=48|Num=353|Seat=Sweetwater |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Philip Nolan (Texas trader)|Philip Nolan]] <small>(1771–1801)</small>, a [[Mustang (military officer)|mustang]]er who was killed by Spanish troops while on a mission into [[Texas]]|Population=14182|Area=912|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Nueces|N=48|Num=355|Seat=Corpus Christi |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[San Patricio County, Texas|San Patricio County]] |Data4=The [[Nueces River]]<br/> (''Nueces'' is Spanish for "nuts")|Population=353125|Area=836|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Ochiltree|N=48|Num=357|Seat=Perryton |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[William Beck Ochiltree]] <small>(1811–1867)</small>, secretary of the treasury for the Republic of Texas and legislator for the state of Texas |Population=9717|Area=918|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Oldham|N=48|Num=359|Seat=Vega |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Williamson Simpson Oldham, a Confederate Senator for Texas |Population=1823|Area=1501|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Orange|N=48|Num=361|Seat=Orange |Data2=1852 |Data3=[[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson County]] |Data4=An [[orange (fruit)|orange]] grove planted by early settlers at the mouth of the [[Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)|Sabine River]]|Population=86115|Area=356|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Palo Pinto|N=48|Num=363|Seat=Palo Pinto |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]] and [[Navarro County, Texas|Navarro County]] |Data4=The [[Palo Pinto Creek]]<br/> (''Palo Pinto'' is Spanish for "painted stick")|Population=30231|Area=953|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Panola|N=48|Num=365|Seat=Carthage |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison County]] and [[Shelby County, Texas|Shelby County]] |Data4=A Native American word for [[cotton]].|Population=23022|Area=801|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Parker|N=48|Num=367|Seat=Weatherford |Data2=1855 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]] and [[Navarro County, Texas|Navarro County]] |Data4=Isaac Parker, legislator for both the Republic of Texas and the state of Texas |Population=179707|Area=904|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Parmer|N=48|Num=369|Seat=Farwell |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Martin Parmer]] <small>(1778–1850)</small>, a Republic of Texas legislator, judge, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence|Population=9669|Area=882|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Pecos|N=48|Num=371|Seat=Fort Stockton |Data2=1871 |Data3=[[Presidio County, Texas|Presidio County]] |Data4=The [[Pecos River]], which was named for the [[Pecos Pueblo]], which is of unknown etymology|Population=14712|Area=4764|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Polk|N=48|Num=373|Seat=Livingston |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]] | Data4=[[James Knox Polk]], the eleventh president of the United States <small>(1845–1849)</small>|Population=54258|Area=1057|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Potter|N=48|Num=375|Seat=Amarillo |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Robert Potter (American politician, died 1842)|Robert Potter]] <small>(1800–1842)</small>, secretary of the navy for the Republic of Texas, and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence|Population=114649|Area=909|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Presidio|N=48|Num=377|Seat=Marfa |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Santa Fe County, Texas|Santa Fe County]] |Data4=Presidio del Norte, an eighteenth-century fort and settlement on the south side of the [[Rio Grande]]|Population=5686|Area=3856|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Rains|N=48|Num=379|Seat=Emory |Data2=1870 |Data3=[[Hopkins County, Texas|Hopkins County]], [[Hunt County, Texas|Hunt County]] and [[Wood County, Texas|Wood County]] |Data4=[[Emory Rains]] <small>(1800–1878)</small>, a state senator and surveyor of the future county|Population=13306|Area=259|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Randall|N=48|Num=381|Seat=Canyon |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Horace Randal, a Confederate brigadier general in the Civil War|Population=150547|Area=914|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Reagan|N=48|Num=383|Seat=Big Lake |Data2=1903 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[John Henninger Reagan|John H. Reagan]] <small>(1818–1905)</small>, Confederate postmaster general, U.S. Congressman, and Governor of Texas |Population=3139|Area=1175|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Real|N=48|Num=385|Seat=Leakey |Data2=1913 |Data3=[[Bandera County, Texas|Bandera County]], [[Edwards County, Texas|Edwards County]] and [[Kerr County, Texas|Kerr County]] |Data4=[[Julius Real]], a rancher and state senator|Population=2772|Area=700|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Red River|N=48|Num=387|Seat=Clarksville |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4= The [[Red River of the South|Red River]] of Texas|Population=11696|Area=1050|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Reeves|N=48|Num=389|Seat=Pecos |Data2=1883 |Data3=[[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos County]] |Data4=George Robertson Reeves, a Texas state representative and colonel in the Confederate army|Population=11956|Area=2636|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Refugio|N=48|Num=391|Seat=Refugio |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Refugio, Texas|Its county seat]], which was named for the [[Spanish missions in Texas|Spanish mission]] [[Nuestra Señora del Refugio]], "Our Lady of Refuge"|Population=6739|Area=770|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Roberts|N=48|Num=393|Seat=Miami |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=John S. Roberts, a signer of the Texan Declaration of Independence, and his brother [[Oran M. Roberts|Oran Milo Roberts]], attorney general for the Republic of Texas and the seventeenth governor of Texas|Population=837|Area=924|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Robertson|N=48|Num=395|Seat=Franklin |Data2=1837 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] and [[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=Sterling Clack Robertson, an empresario in Mexican Texas |Population=17659|Area=855|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Rockwall|N=48|Num=397|Seat=Rockwall |Data2=1873 |Data3=[[Kaufman County, Texas|Kaufman County]] |Data4=[[Rockwall, Texas|Its county seat]], which was named for a submerged stone wall found by its initial settlers|Population=137044|Area=149|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Runnels|N=48|Num=399|Seat=Ballinger |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=[[Hiram Runnels]], the ninth [[governor of Mississippi]] <small>(1833–1835)</small> and planter in Texas|Population=9751|Area=1054|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Rusk|N=48|Num=401|Seat=Henderson |Data2=1843 |Data3=[[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=[[Thomas Jefferson Rusk]] <small>(1803–1857)</small>, a general in the Texas Revolution|Population=53391|Area=924|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Sabine|N=48|Num=403|Seat=Hemphill |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=The [[Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)|Sabine River]], which forms its eastern border<br/> (''Sabina'' is Spanish for "cypress")|Population=10058|Area=490|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=San Augustine|N=48|Num=405|Seat=San Augustine |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=Presumably [[Augustine of Hippo]] <small>(354–430)</small>|Population=7767|Area=528|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=San Jacinto|N=48|Num=407|Seat=Coldspring |Data2=1870 |Data3=[[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]], [[Montgomery County, Texas|Montgomery County]], [[Polk County, Texas|Polk County]] and [[Walker County, Texas|Walker County]] |Data4=The [[Battle of San Jacinto]], which won Texas its independence from Mexico. ''San Jacinto'' is Spanish for [[Protus and Hyacinth|Saint Hyacinth]]|Population=29326|Area=571|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=San Patricio|N=48|Num=409|Seat=Sinton |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=Its former county seat [[San Patricio, Texas|San Patricio de Hibernia]], an Irish colony named for [[Saint Patrick]]|Population=71467|Area=692|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=San Saba|N=48|Num=411|Seat=San Saba |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=The [[San Saba River]], discovered on the [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] [[General Roman Calendar|feast]] of Saint [[Sabbas the Sanctified|Sabbas]]|Population=5508|Area=1134|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Schleicher|N=48|Num=413|Seat=Eldorado |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Crockett County, Texas|Crockett County]] |Data4=[[Gustav Schleicher]], engineer and U.S. Congressman from Texas|Population=2302|Area=1311|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Scurry|N=48|Num=415|Seat=Snyder |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[William Read Scurry]] <small>(1821–1864)</small>, a Texas state legislator and Confederate general|Population=16211|Area=903|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Shackelford|N=48|Num=417|Seat=Albany |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]] |Data4=[[Jack Shackelford]], a soldier of the Texas Revolution|Population=3169|Area=914|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Shelby|N=48|Num=419|Seat=Center |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Isaac Shelby]], a Revolutionary War soldier from [[Tennessee]] and [[governor of Kentucky]] <small>(1792–1796)</small> <small>(1812–1816)</small>|Population=24192|Area=794|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Sherman|N=48|Num=421|Seat=Stratford |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Sidney Sherman]] <small>(1805–1873)</small>, a soldier in the Texas Revolution|Population=2771|Area=923|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Smith|N=48|Num=423|Seat=Tyler |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Nacogdoches County, Texas|Nacogdoches County]] |Data4=[[James Smith (Texas General)|James Smith]], a general during the Texas Revolution|Population=249091|Area=928|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Somervell|N=48|Num=425|Seat=Glen Rose |Data2=1875 |Data3=[[Hood County, Texas|Hood County]] |Data4=[[Alexander Somervell]], a soldier in the Texas Revolution and leader of the [[Somervell Expedition]]|Population=10098|Area=187|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Starr|N=48|Num=427|Seat=Rio Grande City |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces County]] |Data4=[[James Harper Starr]] <small>(1809–1890)</small>, a treasurer for the Republic of Texas and Confederate official|Population=66587|Area=1223|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Stephens|N=48|Num=429|Seat=Breckenridge |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]]<br/><small>Named Buchanan County until 1861</small> |Data4=[[Alexander Stephens|Alexander Hamilton Stephens]], the only vice-president of the Confederate States of America <small>(1861–1865)</small>|Population=9475|Area=895|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Sterling|N=48|Num=431|Seat=Sterling City |Data2=1891 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=W. S. Sterling, an early rancher, [[American Bison|buffalo]] hunter, and Native American fighter|Population=1387|Area=923|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Stonewall|N=48|Num=433|Seat=Aspermont |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Thomas J. Jackson|Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson]] <small>(1824–1863)</small>, the famous Confederate General|Population=1235|Area=919|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Sutton|N=48|Num=435|Seat=Sonora |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Crockett County, Texas|Crockett County]] |Data4=John Schuyler Sutton, a Texas Ranger and soldier in the Texas Revolution and Mexican–American War|Population=3269|Area=1454|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Swisher|N=48|Num=437|Seat=Tulia |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=James Gibson Swisher, a soldier of the Texas Revolution|Population=6877|Area=900|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Tarrant|N=48|Num=439|Seat=Fort Worth |Data2=1849 |Data3=[[Navarro County, Texas|Navarro County]] |Data4=[[Edward H. Tarrant]], a U.S. Army general who drove the Native Americans out of the future county|Population=2230708|Area=864|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Taylor|N=48|Num=441|Seat=Abilene |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] and [[Travis County, Texas|Travis County]] |Data4=[[Edward Taylor (Alamo defender)|Edward Taylor]] <small>(1812–1836)</small>, [[George Taylor (Alamo defender)|George Taylor]] <small>(1816–1836)</small>, and [[James Taylor (Alamo defender)|James Taylor]] <small>(1814–1836)</small>, three brothers who died at the Alamo|Population=148813|Area=916|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Terrell|N=48|Num=443|Seat=Sanderson |Data2=1905 |Data3=[[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos County]] |Data4=[[Alexander W. Terrell|Alexander Watkins Terrell]], attorney, judge, state legislator, diplomat, and Confederate [[cavalry]] officer|Population=718|Area=2358|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Terry|N=48|Num=445|Seat=Brownfield |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=Frank Terry, a Confederate colonel and commander of [[Terry's Texas Rangers]]|Population=11602|Area=890|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Throckmorton|N=48|Num=447|Seat=Throckmorton |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[William Edward Throckmorton]], an early [[Collin County, Texas|Collin County]] settler|Population=1532|Area=912|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Titus|N=48|Num=449|Seat=Mount Pleasant |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Bowie County, Texas|Bowie County]] |Data4=Andrew Jackson Titus, planter and Texas state representative |Population=31547|Area=411|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Tom Green|N=48|Num=451|Seat=San Angelo |Data2=1874 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Thomas Green (general)|Thomas Green]] <small>(1814–1864)</small>, a Confederate brigadier general|Population=120103|Area=1522|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Travis|N=48|Num=453|Seat=Austin |Data2=1840 |Data3=[[Bastrop County, Texas|Bastrop County]] |Data4=[[William B. Travis|William Barret Travis]] <small>(1809–1836)</small>, the commander of the Texan forces at the Alamo|Population=1363767|Area=989|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Trinity|N=48|Num=455|Seat=Groveton |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Houston County, Texas|Houston County]] |Data4=The [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]], named for the spiritual concept of the [[Trinity]]|Population=14489|Area=693|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Tyler|N=48|Num=457|Seat=Woodville |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]] |Data4=[[John Tyler]], the tenth president of the United States <small>(1841–1845)</small>|Population=20560|Area=923|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Upshur|N=48|Num=459|Seat=Gilmer |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Harrison County, Texas|Harrison County]] |Data4=[[Abel P. Upshur|Abel Parker Upshur]], the fifteenth secretary of state of the United States <small>(1843–1844)</small>|Population=44050|Area=588|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Upton|N=48|Num=461|Seat=Rankin |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=John C. & William F. Upton, brothers and lieutenant colonels in the Confederate army during the Civil War|Population=3128|Area=1242|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Uvalde|N=48|Num=463|Seat=Uvalde |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=The Cañón de Ugalde, a nearby battlefield where Spanish General [[Juan de Ugalde]] was victorious in a skirmish with over 300 [[Apache]]s|Population=25138|Area=1557|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Val Verde|N=48|Num=465|Seat=Del Rio |Data2=1885 |Data3=[[Crockett County, Texas|Crockett County]], [[Kinney County, Texas|Kinney County]] and [[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos County]] |Data4=Civil War [[Battle of Val Verde]]<br/>(''Val Verde'' is Spanish for "green valley")|Population=47999|Area=3171|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Van Zandt|N=48|Num=467|Seat=Canton |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]] |Data4=[[Isaac Van Zandt]] <small>(1813–1847)</small>, attorney, Texas state representative, and diplomat|Population=65304|Area=849|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Victoria|N=48|Num=469|Seat=Victoria |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[Victoria, Texas|Its county seat]], which was named for [[Guadalupe Victoria]], Mexican revolutionary and its first [[list of heads of state of Mexico|president]] <small>(1824–1829)</small>|Population=91949|Area=883|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Walker|N=48|Num=471|Seat=Huntsville |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Montgomery County, Texas|Montgomery County]] |Data4=[[Robert J. Walker]] (1801–1869); officially renamed after [[Samuel Hamilton Walker]] (no relation) <small>(1815–1847)</small>, a Texas Ranger and soldier in the Mexican–American War|Population=83722|Area=788|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Waller|N=48|Num=473|Seat=Hempstead |Data2=1873 |Data3=[[Austin County, Texas|Austin County]] and [[Grimes County, Texas|Grimes County]] |Data4=[[Edwin Waller]] <small>(1800–1881)</small>, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first mayor of [[Austin, Texas]]|Population=65109|Area=514|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Ward|N=48|Num=475|Seat=Monahans |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[Thomas W. Ward|Thomas William Ward]], a commissioner for the General Land Office of Texas and mayor of Austin, Texas|Population=11038|Area=836|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Washington|N=48|Num=477|Seat=Brenham |Data2=1836 |Data3=One of the original 23 counties |Data4=[[George Washington]], the first president of the United States <small>(1789–1797)</small>|Population=37810|Area=609|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Webb|N=48|Num=479|Seat=Laredo |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Nueces County, Texas|Nueces County]] |Data4=[[James Webb (Attorney General)|James Webb]], who served as secretary of the Treasury, secretary of State, and Attorney General of the Republic of Texas|Population=272823|Area=3357|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wharton|N=48|Num=481|Seat=Wharton |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Colorado County, Texas|Colorado County]], [[Jackson County, Texas|Jackson County]] and [[Matagorda County, Texas|Matagorda County]] |Data4=[[William Harris Wharton]] <small>(1802–1839)</small> and [[John Austin Wharton (died 1838)|John Austin Wharton]] <small>(1806–1838)</small>, brothers and officers in the Texas Revolution |Population=42035|Area=1090|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wheeler|N=48|Num=483|Seat=Wheeler |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Royall T. Wheeler|Royal Tyler Wheeler]], the second Chief Justice of the [[Texas Supreme Court]]|Population=4824|Area=914|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wichita|N=48|Num=485|Seat=Wichita Falls |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Cooke County, Texas|Cooke County]] |Data4=The [[Wichita (tribe)|Wichita]] Native American tribe|Population=129984|Area=628|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wilbarger|N=48|Num=487|Seat=Vernon |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Josiah P. Wilbarger|Josiah P.]] <small>(1801–1845)</small> and Mathias Wilbarger, brothers and early settlers; Josiah became a mythical figure for living 11 years after being scalped |Population=12455|Area=971|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Willacy|N=48|Num=489|Seat=Raymondville |Data2=1911 |Data3=[[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron County]] and [[Hidalgo County, Texas|Hidalgo County]] |Data4=[[John G. Willacy]], Texas state senator who was the author of the bill that established the county|Population=20027|Area=597|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Williamson|N=48|Num=491|Seat=Georgetown |Data2=1848 |Data3=[[Milam County, Texas|Milam County]] |Data4=[[Robert McAlpin Williamson]], a leader and veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto|Population=727480|Area=1124|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wilson|N=48|Num=493|Seat=Floresville |Data2=1860 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[Guadalupe County, Texas|Guadalupe County]] and [[Karnes County, Texas|Karnes County]] <small>Named Cibolo County for a brief period</small>|Data4=[[James Charles Wilson]], a Texas state senator <small>(1851–1853)</small>|Population=55415|Area=807|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Winkler|N=48|Num=495|Seat=Kermit |Data2=1887 |Data3=[[Tom Green County, Texas|Tom Green County]] |Data4=[[Clinton McKamy Winkler|Clinton Winkler]], an appeals court judge, Texas state representative, and Confederate colonel|Population=7381|Area=841|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wise|N=48|Num=497|Seat=Decatur |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Cooke County, Texas|Cooke County]] |Data4=[[Henry A. Wise|Henry Alexander Wise]], the U.S. Congressman and future thirty-eighth [[governor of Virginia]] <small>(1856–1860)</small> who supported the [[Texas Annexation|annexation of Texas]]|Population=81275|Area=905|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Wood|N=48|Num=499|Seat=Quitman |Data2=1850 |Data3=[[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt County]] |Data4=[[George Tyler Wood]], the second governor of Texas <small>(1847–1849)</small>|Population=48742|Area=650|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Yoakum|N=48|Num=501|Seat=Plains |Data2=1876 |Data3=[[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]] |Data4=[[Henderson King Yoakum]] <small>(1810–1856)</small>, soldier, attorney, and Texas historian|Population=7581|Area=800|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Young|N=48|Num=503|Seat=Graham |Data2=1856 |Data3=[[Bosque County, Texas|Bosque County]] and [[Fannin County, Texas|Fannin County]] |Data4=[[William Cocke Young]], early Texas settler, attorney, sheriff, and [[United States Marshal]]|Population=18236|Area=922|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Zapata|N=48|Num=505|Seat=Zapata |Data2=1858 |Data3=[[Starr County, Texas|Starr County]] and [[Webb County, Texas|Webb County]] |Data4=José Antonio Zapata, a local rancher and colonel of the short-lived [[Republic of the Rio Grande]]|Population=13819|Area=997|Size=100px}} {{Countyrow|Name=Zavala|N=48|Num=507|Seat=Crystal City |Data2=1846 |Data3=[[Maverick County, Texas|Maverick County]] |Data4=[[Lorenzo de Zavala]] <small>(1788–1836)</small>, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and the first Vice-President of the Republic of Texas|Population=9209|Area=1299|Size=100px}} |}
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