Grimes County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Jesse Grimes
- Seat
- Anderson
- Largest city
- Navasota
- Total
- 802 sq mi (2,080 km )
- Land
- 787 sq mi (2,040 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 1.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 34,252
- Density
- 37.2/sq mi (14.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 10th
- Website
- grimescountytexas .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Grimes County is a county located in southeastern Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,268. The seat of the county is Anderson. The county was formed from Montgomery County in 1846. It is named for Jesse Grimes, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and early European-American settler of the county.
The Navasota and Brazos Rivers form the western boundary of the county. Eastern areas of the county are part of the watershed of the San Jacinto River.