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| Description: Map of Texas locating all 254 counties of the state. | Disclaimer |
There are 254 counties in Texas and a Texas county map clearly shows all the counties of the state. The Texas state map locates the accurate geographical position of all the counties.
Texas Counties: An Overview
Every county is governed according to the Commissioners Court system comprising four nominated commissioners (one from each of four districts in the county, approximately split in proportion to population) and a county judge voted in general from the whole county. County government operates like an overly diluted mayor-council arrangement where the county judge has no vetoing power, but votes together with the other commissioners.
In spite of the fact that Texas allows counties and cities to get into "interlocal accords" to distribute services, it does not permit joint city-county governments and does not include metropolitan governments. Texas counties dont receive autonomy or self-government status. Their authorities are stringently delineated by state regulations. Some of the Texas counties with total area covered and population (as per Census 2000) are mentioned below:
- Bailey - Covers 827 sq miles, has a total population of 6594
- Anderson - Covers 1071 sq miles, has a total population of 55,109
- Delta - Covers 277 sq miles, has a total population of 5327
- Hunt - Covers 841 sq miles, has a total population of 76,596
- Orange - Covers 356 sq miles, has a total population of 84,966
- Terry - Covers 890 sq miles, has a total population of 12,761
- Shelby - Covers 794 sq miles, has a total population of 25,224
- Zavala - Covers 1299 sq miles, has a total population of 11,600
- Victoria - Covers 883 sq miles, has a total population of 84,088
- Reeves - Covers 2636 sq miles, has a total population of 13,137
- Palo Pinto - Covers 953 sq miles, has a total population of 27,026
- Navarro - Covers 1071 sq miles, has a total population of 45,124
