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Rains County
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county in Texas, United States
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
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Emory
- Capital
- Emory
- Population
- 12164
- Area
- 670
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wood County
- Official website
- www.co.rains.tx.us
- Image
- Rains courthouse 2010.jpg
- Households
- 4321
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- inception
- 1870-06-09
- topic's main category
- Category:Rains County, Texas
- Commons category
- Rains County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 11
- native label
- Rains County
- topic has template
- Template:Rains County, Texas
- per capita income
- 28919
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rains County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.