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Menard County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Michel Branamour Menard
- Seat
- Menard
- Largest city
- Menard
- Total
- 902 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Land
- 902 sq mi (2,340 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,956
- Density
- 2.18/sq mi (0.840/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .co .menard .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Historic Pioneer Rest Cemetery in Menard has graves dating to the 19th century.
Menard County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,962. The county seat is Menard. The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1871. It is named for Michel Branamour Menard, the founder of Galveston, Texas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Menard County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.