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Mills County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Founded
- March 15, 1887
- Named after
- John T. Mills
- Seat
- Goldthwaite
- Largest city
- Goldthwaite
- County judge
- Jett Johnson
- Total
- 749.8 sq mi (1,942 km )
- Land
- 748.2 sq mi (1,938 km )
- Water
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,580
- Density
- 6/sq mi (2.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 76844, 76864, 76890, 76870, 76880
- Congressional district
- 11th
- Website
- www .millscountytx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Goldthwaite
- Capital
- Goldthwaite
- Population
- 4456
- Area
- 1942
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Brown County
- Official website
- www.millscountytx.gov
- Image
- MillsCountyCourthouse1.JPG
- Households
- 1752
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- Commons category
- Mills County, Texas
- inception
- 1887-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Mills County, Texas
- different from
- Mills County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Mills County
- per capita income
- 27619
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Encyclopedic overview
Mills County is located in Texas, United States. It was created on March 15, 1887, from parts of four existing counties in Central Texas—Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas—and named after John T. Mills. The 2020 census reported a population of 4,456. Its county seat is Goldthwaite. A long-time resident of the county quipped that residing here is the closest a person could get to living in Mayberry.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mills County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.