Below you’ll find information on each of the 254 counties in Texas including the parent county or counties, county seat, and the land area it covers.
County | Year Formed | Parent County(s) | County Seat | Area (sq. mi.) |
Anderson | 1846 | Houston | Palestine | 1,077 |
Andrews | 1875 | Bexar | Andrews | 1,501 |
Angelina | 1846 | Nacogdoches | Lufkin | 807 |
Aransas | 1871 | Refugio | Rockport | 280 |
Archer | 1858 | Fannin | Archer City | 907 |
Armstrong | 1876 | Bexar | Clause | 910 |
Atascosa | 1856 | Bexar | Jourdanton | 1,218 |
Austin | 1837 | Old Mexican Municipality | Bellville | 656 |
Bailey | 1876 | Bexar | Muleshoe | 827 |
Bandera | 1856 | Uvalde, Bexar | Bandera | 793 |
Bastrop | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Bastrop | 895 |
Baylor | 1858 | Fannin | Seymour | 862 |
Bee | 1857 | Goliad, Refugio, Live Oak, San Patricio | Beeville | 880 |
Bell | 1850 | Milam | Belton | 1,055 |
Bexar | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | San Antonio | 1,248 |
Blanco | 1858 | Gillespie, Comal, Burnet, Hays | Johnson City | 714 |
Borden | 1876 | Bexar | Gail | 900 |
Bosque | 1854 | McLennan, Milam | Meridian | 989 |
Bowie | 1840 | Red River | New Boston | 891 |
Brazoria | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Angleton | 1,407 |
Brazos | 1841 | Washington, Robertson | Bryan | 588 |
Brewster | 1887 | Presidio | Alpine | 6,169 |
Briscoe | 1876 | Bexar | Silverton | 887 |
Brooks | 1911 | Starr, Zapata, Hidalgo | Falfurrias | 942 |
Brown | 1856 | Travis, Comanche | Brownwood | 936 |
Burleson | 1846 | Milam, Washington | Caldwell | 668 |
Burnet | 1852 | Travis, Bell, Williamson | Burnet | 994 |
Caldwell | 1848 | Gonzales | Lockhart | 546 |
Calhoun | 1846 | Victoria, Matagorda, Jackson | Port Lavaca | 540 |
Callahan | 1858 | Bexar, Travis, Bosque | Baird | 899 |
Cameron | 1848 | Nueces | Brownsville | 905 |
Camp | 1874 | Upshur | Pittsburg | 203 |
Carson | 1876 | Bexar | Panhandle | 924 |
Cass | 1846 | Bowie | Linden | 937 |
Castro | 1876 | Bexar | Dimmitt | 899 |
Chambers | 1858 | Jefferson, Liberty | Anahuac | 616 |
Cherokee | 1846 | Nacogdoches | Rusk | 1,052 |
Childress | 1876 | Bexar, Youngland District | Childress | 707 |
Clay | 1857 | Cooke | Henrietta | 1,085 |
Cochran | 1876 | Bexar | Morton | 775 |
Coke | 1889 | Tom Green | Robert Lee | 908 |
Coleman | 1858 | Travis, Brown | Coleman | 1,277 |
Collin | 1846 | Fannin | McKinney | 851 |
Collingsworth | 1876 | Bexar, Youngland District | Wellington | 909 |
Colorado | 1837 | Old Mexican Municipality | Columbus | 964 |
Comal | 1846 | Bexar, Gonzales, Travis | New Braunfels | 555 |
Comanche | 1856 | Bosque, Coryell | Comanche | 930 |
Concho | 1858 | Bexar | Paint Rock | 992 |
Cooke | 1848 | Fannin | Gainesville | 893 |
Coryell | 1854 | Bell | Gatesville | 1,057 |
Cottle | 1876 | Fannin | Puducah | 2,800 |
Crane | 1887 | Tom Green | Crane | 782 |
Crockett | 1875 | Bexar | Ozona | 2,806 |
Crosby | 1876 | Bexar | Crosbyton | 898 |
Culberson | 1911 | El Paso | Van Horn | 3,815 |
Dallam | 1876 | Bexar | Dalhart | 1,505 |
Dallas | 1846 | Nacogdoches, Robertson | Dallas | 880 |
Dawson | 1876 | Bexar | Lamesa | 903 |
Deaf Smith | 1876 | Bexar | Hereford | 1,497 |
Delta | 1870 | Hopkins, Lamar | Cooper | 278 |
Denton | 1846 | Fannin | Denton | 911 |
De Witt | 1846 | Goliad, Gonzales, Victoria | Cuero | 910 |
Dickens | 1876 | Bexar | Dickens | 907 |
Dimmit | 1858 | Uvalde, Bexar, Maverick, Webb | Carrizo Springs | 1,307 |
Donley | 1881 | Jack | Clarendon | 929 |
Duval | 1858 | Live Oak, Starr, Nueces | San Diego | 1,795 |
Eastland | 1858 | Bosque, Coryell, Travis | Eastland | 924 |
Ector | 1887 | Tom Green | Odessa | 903 |
Edwards | 1858 | Bexar | Rocksprings | 2,120 |
Ellis | 1850 | Navarro | Waxahachie | 939 |
El Paso | 1849 | Bexar | El Paso | 1,014 |
Erath | 1856 | Bosque, Coryell | Stephenville | 1,080 |
Falls | 1850 | Limestone, Milam | Marlin | 770 |
Fannin | 1837 | Red River | Bonham | 895 |
Fayette | 1837 | Bastrop, Colorado | La Grange | 950 |
Fisher | 1876 | Bexar | Roby | 897 |
Floyd | 1876 | Bexar | Floydada | 992 |
Foard | 1891 | Hardeman, Knox, King, Cottle | Crowell | 703 |
Fort Bend | 1837 | Austin | Richmond | 876 |
Franklin | 1875 | Titus | Mount Vernon | 294 |
Freestone | 1850 | Limestone | Fairfield | 888 |
Frio | 1858 | Atascosa, Bexar, Uvalde | Pearsall | 1,133 |
Gaines | 1876 | Bexar | Seminole | 1,504 |
Galveston | 1838 | Brazoria | Galveston | 399 |
Garza | 1876 | Bexar | Post | 895 |
Gillespie | 1848 | Bexar | Fredericksburg | 1,061 |
Glasscock | 1887 | Tom Green | Garden City | 900 |
Goliad | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Goliad | 859 |
Gonzales | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Gonzales | 1,068 |
Gray | 1876 | Bexar | Pampa | 921 |
Grayson | 1846 | Fannin | Sherman | 934 |
Gregg | 1873 | Rusk, Upshur | Longview | 273 |
Grimes | 1846 | Montgomery | Anderson | 799 |
Guadalupe | 1846 | Bexar, Gonzales | Seguin | 713 |
Hale | 1876 | Bexar | Plainview | 1,005 |
Hall | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Memphis | 876 |
Hamilton | 1842 | Bosque, Comanche, Lampasas, Coryell | Hamilton | 836 |
Hansford | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Spearman | 921 |
Hardeman | 1858 | Fannin | Quanah | 688 |
Hardin | 1858 | Jefferson, Liberty | Kountze | 898 |
Harris | 1836 | Harrisburg Municipality | Houston | 1,734 |
Harrison | 1839 | Shelby | Marshall | 908 |
Hartley | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Channing | 1,462 |
Haskell | 1858 | Fannin, Milam | Haskell | 901 |
Hays | 1848 | Travis | San Marcos | 678 |
Hemphill | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Canadian | 903 |
Henderson | 1846 | Houston, Nacogdoches | Athens | 888 |
Hidalgo | 1852 | Cameron | Edinburg | 1,569 |
Hill | 1853 | Navarro | Hillsboro | 968 |
Hockley | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Levelland | 908 |
Hood | 1865 | Johnson | Granbury | 425 |
Hopkins | 1846 | Lamar, Nacogdoches | Sulphur Springs | 789 |
Houston | 1837 | Nacogdoches | Crockett | 1,234 |
Howard | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Big Spring | 901 |
Hudspeth | 1917 | El Paso | Sierra Blanca | 4,566 |
Hunt | 1846 | Fannin, Nacogdoches | Greenville | 840 |
Hutchinson | 1876 | Bexar | Stinnett | 871 |
Irion | 1881 | Tom Green | Mertzon | 1,052 |
Jack | 1856 | Cooke | Jacksboro | 920 |
Jackson | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Edna | 844 |
Jasper | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Jasper | 921 |
Jeff Davis | 1887 | Presidio | Fort Davis | 2,258 |
Jefferson | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Veaumont | 937 |
Jim Hogg | 1913 | Brooks, Duval | Hebbronville | 1,136 |
Jim Wells | 1911 | Nueces | Alice | 867 |
Johnson | 1854 | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | Cleburne | 731 |
Jones | 1858 | Bexar, Bosque | Anson | 931 |
Karnes | 1854 | Bexar | Karnes City | 753 |
Kaufman | 1848 | Henderson | Kaugman | 788 |
Kendall | 1862 | Derr, Blanco | Boerne | 663 |
Kenedy | 1921 | Willacy, Hidalgo, Cameron | Sarita | 1,389 |
Kent | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Jayton | 878 |
Kerr | 1856 | Bexar | Kerrville | 1,107 |
Kimble | 1858 | Bexar | Junction | 1,250 |
King | 1876 | Bexar | Guthrie | 914 |
Kinney | 1850 | Bexar | Brackettville | 1,359 |
Kleberg | 1917 | Nueces | Kingsville | 853 |
Knox | 1858 | Young, Bexar | Benjamin | 845 |
Lamar | 1840 | Red River | Paris | 919 |
Lamb | 1876 | Bexar | Littlefield | 1,013 |
Lampasas | 1856 | Bell, Travis | Lampasas | 714 |
La Salle | 1858 | Bexar, Webb | Cotulla | 1,517 |
Lavaca | 1846 | Colorado, Victoria, Jackson, Gonzales | Halletsville | 971 |
Lee | 1874 | Bastrop, Burleson, Washington, Fayette | Giddings | 631 |
Leon | 1846 | Robertson | Centerville | 1,078 |
Liberty | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Liberty | 1,174 |
Limestone | 1846 | Robertson | Groesbeck | 931 |
Lipscomb | 1876 | Bexar | Lipscomb | 933 |
Live Oak | 1856 | Nueces, San Patricio | George West | 1,057 |
Llano | 1856 | Bexar | Llano | 939 |
Loving | 1887 | Tom Green | Mantone | 671 |
Lubbock | 1876 | Bexar, Crosby | Lubbock | 900 |
Lynn | 1876 | Bexar | Tahoka | 888 |
McCulloch | 1856 | Bexar | Brady | 1,071 |
McLennan | 1856 | Milam | Waco | 1,031 |
McMullen | 1858 | Bexar, Live Oak, Atascosa | Tilden | 1,163 |
Madison | 1854 | Leon, Grimes, Walker | Madisonville | 473 |
Marion | 1860 | Cass | Jefferson | 385 |
Martin | 1876 | Bexar | Stanton | 914 |
Mason | 1858 | Gillespie | Mason | 934 |
Matagorda | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Bay City | 1,127 |
Maverick | 1856 | Kenedy | Eagle Pass | 1,287 |
Medina | 1848 | Bexar | Hondo | 1,331 |
Menard | 1858 | Bexar | Menard | 902 |
Midland | 1885 | Tom Green | Midland | 902 |
Milam | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Cameron | 1,019 |
Mills | 1887 | Comanche, Brown, Hamilton, Lampasas | Goldthwaite | 748 |
Mitchell | 1878 | Bexar | Colroado City | 912 |
Montague | 1857 | Cooke | Montague | 928 |
Montgomery | 1837 | Washington | Conroe | 1,047 |
Moore | 1876 | Bexar | Dumas | 905 |
Morris | 1875 | Titus | Daingerfield | 256 |
Motley | 1876 | Bexar | Matador | 959 |
Nacogdoches | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Nacogdocges | 939 |
Navarro | 1846 | Robertson | Corsicana | 1,068 |
Newton | 1846 | Jasper | Newton | 935 |
Nolan | 1881 | Young, Bexar | Sweetwater | 915 |
Nueces | 1846 | San Patricio | Corpus Christi | 847 |
Ochiltree | 1876 | Bexar | Perryton | 919 |
Oldham | 1876 | Bexar | Vega | 1,485 |
Orange | 1852 | Jefferson | Orange | 362 |
Palo Pinto | 1856 | Navarro, Bosque | Palo Pinto | 949 |
Panola | 1846 | Harrison, Shelby | Carthage | 812 |
Parker | 1855 | Bosque, Navarro | Weatherford | 902 |
Parmer | 1876 | Bexar | Farwell | 885 |
Pecos | 1871 | Presidio | Fort Stockton | 4,776 |
Polk | 1846 | Liberty | Livingston | 1,061 |
Potter | 1876 | Bexar | Amarillo | 902 |
Presidio | 1852 | Bexar | Marfa | 3,857 |
Rains | 1870 | Hopkins, Hunt, Wood | Emory | 243 |
Randall | 1876 | Bexar | Canyon | 917 |
Reagan | 1903 | Tom Green | Big Lake | 1,173 |
Real | 1913 | Bandera, Kerr, Edwards | Leakey | 697 |
Red River | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Clarksville | 1,054 |
Reeves | 1883 | Pecos | Pecos | 2,626 |
Refugio | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Refugio | 771 |
Roberts | 1876 | Bexar | Miami | 915 |
Robertson | 1837 | Milam | Franklin | 864 |
Rockwall | 1873 | Kaufman | Rockwall | 128 |
Runnels | 1858 | Bexar, Travis | Ballinger | 1,056 |
Rusk | 1843 | Nacogdoches | Henderson | 932 |
Sabine | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Hemphill | 486 |
San Augustine | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | San Augustine | 524 |
San Jacinto | 1870 | Liverty, Polk, Montgomery, Walker | Coldspring | 572 |
San Patricio | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Sinton | 693 |
San Saba | 1856 | Bexar | San Saba | 1,136 |
Schleicher | 1887 | Crockett | Eldorado | 1,309 |
Scurry | 1876 | Bexar | Snyder | 900 |
Shackelford | 1858 | Bosque | Albany | 915 |
Shelby | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Center | 791 |
Sherman | 1876 | Bexar | Stratford | 923 |
Smith | 1846 | Nacogdoches | Tyler | 932 |
Somervell | 1875 | Hood, Johnson | Glen Rose | 188 |
Starr | 1848 | Nueces | Rio Grande City | 1,226 |
Stephens | 1858 | Bosque | Breckenridge | 894 |
Sterling | 1841 | Tom Green | Sterling City | 923 |
Stonewall | 1876 | Bexar | Aspermont | 925 |
Sutton | 1840 | Crockett | Sonora | 1,455 |
Swisher | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Tulia | 902 |
Tarrant | 1849 | Navarro | Fort Worth | 868 |
Taylor | 1858 | Bexar, Travis | Abilene | 917 |
Terrell | 1905 | Pecos | Sanderson | 2,357 |
Terry | 1876 | Bexar | Brownfield | 886 |
Throckmorton | 1858 | Fannin | Throckmorton | 912 |
Titus | 1846 | Red River, Bowie | Mount Pleasant | 412 |
Tom Green | 1874 | Bexar | San Angelo | 1,515 |
Travis | 1840 | Bastrop | Austin | 989 |
Trinity | 1850 | Houston | Groveton | 692 |
Tyler | 1846 | Liberty | Woodville | 922 |
Upshur | 1846 | Harrison, Nacogdoches | Gilmer | 587 |
Upton | 1867 | Tom Green | Rankin | 1,243 |
Uvalde | 1850 | Bexar | Uvalde | 1,564 |
Val Verde | 1885 | Crockett, Kinney, Pecos | Del Rio | 3,150 |
Van Zandt | 1848 | Henderson | Canton | 855 |
Victoria | 1836 | Old Mexican Municipality | Victoria | 887 |
Walker | 1846 | Montgomery | Huntsville | 786 |
Waller | 1873 | Austin, Grimes | Hempstead | 514 |
Ward | 1887 | Tom Green | Monahans | 836 |
Washington | 1836 | Texas Municipality | Brenham | 610 |
Webb | 1848 | Bexar | Laredo | 3,363 |
Wharton | 1846 | Matagorda, Jackson | Wharton | 1,086 |
Wheeler | 1876 | Bexar, Young | Wheeler | 905 |
Wichita | 1858 | Youngland District | Wichita Falls | 606 |
Wilbarger | 1858 | Bexar | Vernon | 947 |
Willacy | 1911 | Hidalgo, Cameron | Raymondville | 589 |
Williamson | 1848 | Milam | Georgetown | 1,137 |
Wilson | 1860 | Bexar, Karnes | Floresville | 807 |
Winkler | 1887 | Tom Green | Kermit | 840 |
Wise | 1856 | Cooke | Decatur | 902 |
Wood | 1850 | Van Zandt | Quitman | 689 |
Yoakum | 1876 | Bexar | Plains | 800 |
Young | 1856 | Bosque, Fannin | Graham | 919 |
Zapata | 1858 | Starr, Webb | Zapata | 999 |
Zavala | 1858 | Uvalde, Maverick | Crystal City | 1,298 |