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Kenedy County
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county in Texas, United States
Kenedy County is a sparsely populated county located in Texas along the Gulf Coast, known for its ranching heritage and coastal geography. It matters as part of Texas's unique landscape and history, though it remains one of the state's least densely populated areas.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Mifflin Kenedy
- Seat
- Sarita
- Largest community
- Sarita
- Total
- 1,946 sq mi (5,040 km )
- Land
- 1,458 sq mi (3,780 km )
- Water
- 487 sq mi (1,260 km ) 25%
- Density
- 0.24/sq mi (0.093/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 34th
- Website
- www .kenedycountytx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Sarita
- Capital
- Sarita
- Population
- 350
- Area
- 5039
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Brooks County
- Headquarters
- Sarita
- Official website
- www.co.kenedy.tx.us
- Image
- Kenedy County Courthouse, Sarita, TX.jpg
- Households
- 129
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- native label
- Kenedy County
- Commons category
- Kenedy County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Kenedy County, Texas
- inception
- 1921-04-02
- topic has template
- Template:Kenedy County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 25
- different from
- Kenedy
- per capita income
- 15058
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Encyclopedic overview
Kenedy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 350. It is the third-least populous county in Texas and fourth-least populous in the United States. Its county seat is Sarita. The county was created in 1921 from parts of Hidalgo and Willacy counties and is named for Mifflin Kenedy, an early area rancher and steamboat operator.
Kenedy County is included in the Kingsville, TX Kingsville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Corpus Christi-Kingsville-Alice, TX Combined Statistical Area. There are no incorporated municipalities in Kenedy County.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kenedy County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.