Rains County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Founded
- June 9, 1870
- Named after
- Emory Rains
- Seat
- Emory
- Largest city
- Emory
- Total
- 259 sq mi (670 km )
- Land
- 229 sq mi (590 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 11%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,542
- Density
- 53.1/sq mi (20.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .co .rains .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Rains County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,164. Its seat is Emory. The county (and county seat) are named for Emory Rains, a Texas state legislator.
In 1970, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Number 10860 was placed in the county courthouse lawn.