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Fayette County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Marquis de la Fayette
- Seat
- La Grange
- Largest city
- La Grange
- Total
- 960 sq mi (2,500 km )
- Land
- 950 sq mi (2,500 km )
- Water
- 9.8 sq mi (25 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,459
- Density
- 26/sq mi (9.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 10th
- Website
- www .co .fayette .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,435. Its county seat is La Grange. The county was created in 1837 and organized the next year. Fayette County was settled by German and Czech emigrants in the mid 1830's. The county lies in the Texas German belt, a fragmented belt of German towns throughout central Texas.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fayette County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.