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Texas County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 14, 1845
- Named after
- Republic of Texas
- Seat
- Houston
- Largest city
- Licking
- Total
- 1,179 sq mi (3,050 km )
- Land
- 1,177 sq mi (3,050 km )
- Water
- 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,994
- Density
- 20.80/sq mi (8.033/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .texascountymissouri .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Republic of Texas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Houston
- Capital
- Houston
- Population
- 24487
- Area
- 3054
- Shares border with
- Shannon County
- Official website
- www.texascountymissouri.org
- Image
- Texas County Missouri Administrative Center 20150314 1.jpg
- Households
- 9852
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- inception
- 1845-02-14
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- Commons category
- Texas County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Texas County, Missouri
- different from
- Texas County
- native label
- Texas County
- per capita income
- 20541
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Texas County, Missouri
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Texas County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,487. Its county seat is Houston. The county was organized in 1843 as Ashley County. Its name was changed in 1845 to Texas County, after the Republic of Texas. The 2010 U.S. Census indicates that the county was the center of population for the United States.
The Texas County Justice Center was completed in 2008.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Texas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.