Cameron County
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Cameron County is a county located in Texas, in the southernmost part of the state along the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border. It is the home to major cities like Brownsville and includes important ports and border crossing points that make it economically and strategically significant to the region.
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Cameron County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 421,017. Its county seat is Brownsville.
The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Ewen Cameron, a Captain during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition. During the later 19th century and through World War II, Fort Brown was a US Army outpost here, stimulating the development of the city of Brownsville.