Houston County
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Houston County is a county located in Texas, United States. It is one of Texas's 254 counties and serves as a local government jurisdiction for the people who live there.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Sam Houston
- Seat
- Crockett
- Largest city
- Crockett
- Total
- 1,237 sq mi (3,200 km )
- Land
- 1,231 sq mi (3,190 km )
- Water
- 5.7 sq mi (15 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 22,316
- Density
- 17.93/sq mi (6.921/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 17th
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Houston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,066. Its county seat is Crockett. Houston County was one of 46 entirely dry counties in the state of Texas, until voters in a November 2007 special election legalized the sale of alcohol in the county.
Houston County was the first new county created under the nine-year Republic of Texas on June 12, 1837. The original boundaries of Houston County also included all of present-day Anderson and Trinity Counties, and portions of present-day Henderson and Polk Counties.