{"id":23576,"date":"2020-06-11T19:07:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T00:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23576"},"modified":"2023-09-04T17:57:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:57:44","slug":"texas-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/texas-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in Texas that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are 254 Counties in Texas &#8211; &#8220;<em>The Lone Star State<\/em>&#8220;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/texas.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">69 Counties<\/span> = 27.2% of Counties in Texas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.&nbsp; Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Texas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=11nkTqirj_rkoCDKGcOXPfTuUHonbk2wS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the Texas locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interesting Texas county trivia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Texas has by far the most counties of any in the United States. It&#8217;s closest competitor, Georgia, has almost a hundred fewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Counties in Texas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8870965215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3700\/8870965215_835aa58478_o.jpg\" alt=\"The Alamo in San Antonio\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Alamo in San Antonio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 254 counties in Texas. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anderson:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1864-kickapoo-1.html\">Letter 1:  August 9, 1864, Kickapoo, Anderson Co., Texas<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1864-kickapoo-2.html\">Letter 2:  August 9, 1864, Kickapoo, Anderson Co., Texas<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1864-kickapoo-3.html\">Letter 3:  August 9, 1864, Kickapoo, Anderson Co., Texas<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1864-kickapoo-4.html\">Letter:  August 15, 1864, Kickapoo, Anderson Co., Texas<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1864-kickapoo-5.html\">Letter:  November 29, 1864, Anderson Co., Texas<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1865-kickapoo.html\">Letter:  February 18, 1865, Anderson Co., Texas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Angelina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aransas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Archer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Armstrong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atascosa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Austin<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15609\">Not the City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bailey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bandera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bastrop<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baylor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bell:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bexar<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7369\">Penciling-In Reagan<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9603\">Damfino<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15672\">World&#8217;s Fair Towers<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/blue-star.html\">Blue Star Brewing Company<\/a>; <a href=\"..\/..\/blog\/?p=1533\">Brief Stop in San Antonio<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17189\">Residual Braniff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blanco<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Borden: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10595\">Condensed Texas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bosque:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10933\">What&#8217;s the Meridian?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bowie<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21399\">Cross-Country<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14373\">Bostonian Confusion<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3888\">Bordersplit<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7501\">In Them Old Cotton Fields<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10046\">Smokey and the Bandit Route<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17314\">Red River Border<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brazoria:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12097\">Capitol of Texas Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brazos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Brewster<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=23557\">Big Bend National Park<\/a>; Largest county in Texas (6,193 square miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Briscoe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Burleson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Burnet<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31423\">Longhorn Cavern<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Caldwell<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calhoun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Callahan<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cameron:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15521\">Colonias<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13186\">Border Station Extremes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camp:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14346\">Named Like a Whole Other Country<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cass:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14346\">Named Like a Whole Other Country<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Castro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Chambers<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cherokee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Childress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cochran<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coleman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Collin<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10640\">First Name, Surname Symmetry<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21284\">Collin Co. Jog<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1861-plano.html\">Letter:  October 10, 1861, Near Plano, Collin County, Texas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collingsworth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Colorado<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14346\">Named Like a Whole Other Country<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10595\">Condensed Texas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comal:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7339\">Low Clearance<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11078\">Natural Bridges<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comanche<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ConchoL  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17573\">Manly Places<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cooke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coryell:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cottle:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12227\">Highest Religious Affiliation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Crane<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crockett:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15609\">Not the City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crosby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Culberson<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21408\">Van Horn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Dallam<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12902\">NM-OK-TX Tripoint<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11419\">Mainly Marathons<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12862\">Dalhart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Dallas<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17666\">Dallas Park Cooperative Housing<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17796\">Cigarette Hill<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=220\">The Grassy Knoll<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14711\">Gary Coleman on the Grassy Knoll<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14086\">Goin&#8217; Down to Garland<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15767\">Small Change, Big Difference<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4279\">Welcome to Utopia<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14593\">Mutual Ownership Defense Housing<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17189\">Residual Braniff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dawson:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6611\">Farm to Market Roads<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>De Witt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deaf Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delta<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Denton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dickens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dimmit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duval<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Eastland<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9619\">Carbon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ector<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edwards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>El Paso<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7139\">Leap Year Capital of the World<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12782\">The Country Club Dispute<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3888\">Bordersplit<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14652\">What State U<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21408\">Rt. 375 Loop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ellis:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16561\">Bluebonnet Trail<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Erath<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13284\">Hundred Dollar Hamburger<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falls:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fannin:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1864-bonham-1.html\">Letter:  March? 1864, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/genealogy\/hull\/hull-lar-1864-bonham-2.html\">Letter:  March 27, 1864, Bonham, Fannin County, Texas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fayette<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fisher<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Floyd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Fort Bend<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Franklin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freestone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gaines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Galveston<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garza<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Gillespie<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15075\">Presidential Distances<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/fredericksburg.html\">Fredericksburg Brewing Company<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glasscock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goliad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Gonzales<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6576\">Presidential Places<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6611\">Farm to Market Roads<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grayson:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15283\">More Geo-BREWities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gregg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grimes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Guadalupe<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hall:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14346\">Named Like a Whole Other Country<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11\">Thanksgiving Towns<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hamilton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hansford<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hardeman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Harris<\/b><\/span>:  Largest county population in Texas (3,400,578 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17989\">1940 Air Terminal Museum<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4025\">Eruvin<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13713\">He Went Thata Way<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14360\">Heterodox View<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13016\">International Capitals in the USA<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31408\">Johnson Space Center<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31408\">Neutral Buoyancy Lab<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17189\">Residual Braniff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harrison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hartley<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11419\">Mainly Marathons<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12862\">Dalhart<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haskell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hays<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=23562\">Wonder World Park<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hemphill:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7444\">Random Canadian<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henderson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hidalgo:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16597\">Interstate Highway Counties<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hockley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hood<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hopkins<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Houston<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Howard<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hudspeth<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17094\">What the Dell?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Hunt<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hutchinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Irion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jackson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jasper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jeff Davis<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3900\">Intersects with Mexico at a single point<\/a> (only county in the United States with that characteristic); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13070\">Jeff Davis<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9807\">Time Zone Limits<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jefferson<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Hogg:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14848\">Full Names<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Wells<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karnes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaufman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kendall<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12018\">Creative Marketing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenedy:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9874\">Not Quite Obscure Enough<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9918\">More Land than People<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kerr<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kimble<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>King:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9874\">Not Quite Obscure Enough<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Kinney<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kleberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La Salle:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9656\">No, Not That One<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lamar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lamb:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13171\">Solar System<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lampasas:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lavaca<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10807\">Sweet Home, uh&#8230;<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/spoetzl.html\">Spoetzl Brewery<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lee<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leon:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14405\">More Than a Game<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liberty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Limestone:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lipscomb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live Oak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Llano<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12556\">Atlantis Lite<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loving:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2944\">Smallest county population in Texas and the United States<\/a> (67 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2944\">Is Everything Really Bigger in Texas?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lubbock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lynn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Martin<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mason<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matagorda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maverick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McCulloch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McLennan:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17593\">Czech Stop<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>McMullen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Medina<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Menard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Midland<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15126\">Make Tracks to Midland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Milam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mills:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=5795\">Texas Borderlocking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mitchell<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Montague<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Montgomery<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moore:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15302\">Cactus<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Morris<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nacogdoches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navarro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Newton<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Nolan<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21408\">Rainbow<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nueces: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17189\">Residual Braniff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ochiltree<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oldham<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Orange<\/b><\/span>:  <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2944\">Is Everything Really Bigger in Texas?<\/a>; 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See map above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b>  261,232 square miles.  Texas is the 2nd largest state.   The only larger state is Alaska and the next smaller state is California.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b>  28,701,845 people.  Texas is the 2nd most populous state.  The only more populous state is California and the next less populous state is Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population Density:<\/b>  109.9 people per square mile.  Texas is the 24th most densely populated state.  The next more densely populated state is Kentucky and the next less densely populated state is Louisiana.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bordering States:<\/b>  Texas shares a border with 4 states:  Oklahoma; New Mexico; Louisiana and Arkansas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b>  December 29, 1845.  Texas was the 28th state admitted to the Union, after Florida and before Iowa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Capital:<\/b>  Austin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Highest Point:<\/b>  8,749 at Guadalupe Peak.  See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/guadalupe-peak\/150689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SummitPost&#8217;s Guadalupe Peak page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b>  Sea Level at the Gulf of Mexico.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Government website:<\/b>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texas.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State of Texas Web Site<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.traveltexas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TravelTex Home<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Still not enough?<\/b>  See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia&#8217;s Texas page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a>. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 254 Counties in Texas &#8211; &#8220;The Lone Star State&#8220; Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. 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