The 254 Texas Counties

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