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The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Willacy County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,164. [1] Its county seat is Raymondville. [2] The county was created in 1911 and organized the next year. [3] Willacy County comprises the Raymondville micropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Brownsville-Harlingen-Raymondville ...
The community, which is also known as Rayburn Country, is located on the south shore of the Sam Rayburn Reservoir at the junction of Texas Recreational Road 255 and Farm to Market Road 1007. [4] Sam Rayburn was founded in the 1970s after the formation of the reservoir; its main attraction is its country club, Rayburn Country.
Dayton was historically also called West Liberty, Day's Town, Days Station, and Dayton Station. It was founded in 1831 as West Liberty, situated three miles west of the Trinity River, with Liberty on the east bank. It had a West Liberty post office from 1839–1841 and a Dayton post office, starting in 1877.
The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. Given its location, climate, terrain, and vegetation, the Hill Country can be considered the border between the American Southeast and Southwest. [1] The region represents the very remote rural countryside of Central ...
Richmond is a suburb of Houston and the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. [5] The city is located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city population was 11,627. It is home to the founders of the former company Oswego, Nick Mide and Trace. [6]
Matagorda County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,255. [1] Its county seat is Bay City, [2] not to be confused with the larger Baytown in Harris and Chambers Counties. Matagorda County is named for the canebrakes that once grew along the coast (matagorda is a Spanish word meaning ...
Wade Bowen, Texas country artist and former lead singer of Wade Bowen and West 84, was born and raised in Waco [114] David Crowder Band (1996–2012), a Christian worship band, is from Waco [115] Johnny Gimble, two time Grammy Award winning pioneer in Texas Swing and country music * Pat Green, country music singer-songwriter, was raised in Waco ...