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Kent County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Andrew Kent
- Seat
- Jayton
- Largest city
- Jayton
- Total
- 903 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Land
- 903 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Water
- 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km ) 0.05%
- Density
- 0.834/sq mi (0.322/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 19th
- Website
- www .co .kent .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Jayton
- Capital
- Jayton
- Population
- 753
- Area
- 2339
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Crosby County
- Official website
- www.co.kent.tx.us
- Image
- Kent County Courthouse, Jayton, Texas.jpg
- Households
- 286
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- topic's main category
- Category:Kent County, Texas
- Commons category
- Kent County, Texas
- different from
- Kent County
- inception
- 1892-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.05
- native label
- Kent County
- per capita income
- 30835
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Encyclopedic overview
Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 753, making it the sixth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Jayton. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1892. It is named for Andrew Kent, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Kent County is a prohibition or entirely dry county, one of three remaining in the state.
History timeline
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kent County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.