Texas, the Lone Star State
Land area: 261,914 sq. mi. (2)
Population (2000): 20,851,820 (2)
Population density: 79.61 per sq. mi. (28)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 32
Entered Union: 29-Dec-1845 (28)
Texas is the only state in the Union with a mile marker 880 on an interstate highway. (It’s on I-10, half a mile west of the Sabine River.) And in all that expanse, many of my top Texas memories are ballparks: the Astrodome in Houston, the first domed stadium ever built; The Ballpark in Arlington, the 1994 home of the Texas Rangers; Cohen Stadium, a beautiful minor-league park in El Paso. Another memory would be the Cadillac Ranch, a few miles west of Amarillo on Route 66. And yes, I remember The Alamo, too.
No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 254 of 254
| County |
Pop. (2000) |
Latest Visit | |
County Seat |
Visited? |
| Anderson |
55,109 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Palestine |
yes |
| Andrews |
13,004 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Andrews |
|
| Angelina |
80,130 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Lufkin |
yes |
| Aransas |
22,497 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Rockport |
yes |
| Archer |
8,854 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Archer City |
yes |
| Armstrong |
2,148 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Claude |
yes |
| Atascosa |
38,628 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Jourdanton |
yes |
| Austin |
23,590 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Bellville |
|
| Bailey |
6,594 |
12-Aug-2007 | |
Muleshoe |
yes |
| Bandera |
17,645 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Bandera |
yes |
| Bastrop |
57,733 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Bastrop |
|
| Baylor |
4,093 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Seymour |
yes |
| Bee |
32,359 |
23-Aug-2000 | |
Beeville |
yes |
| Bell |
237,974 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Belton |
yes |
| Bexar |
1,392,931 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
San Antonio |
yes |
| Blanco |
8,418 |
24-Aug-2000 | |
Johnson City |
yes |
| Borden |
729 |
24-Aug-2000 | |
Gail |
|
| Bosque |
17,204 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
Meridian |
|
| Bowie |
89,306 |
12-Aug-2008 | |
Boston |
|
| Brazoria |
241,767 |
23-Aug-2000 | |
Angleton |
|
| Brazos |
152,415 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Bryan |
yes |
| Brewster |
8,866 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Alpine |
yes |
| Briscoe |
1,790 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Silverton |
yes |
| Brooks |
7,976 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Falfurrias |
yes |
| Brown |
37,674 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Brownwood |
|
| Burleson |
16,470 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Caldwell |
yes |
| Burnet |
34,147 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Burnet |
yes |
| Caldwell |
32,194 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Lockhart |
|
| Calhoun |
20,647 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Port Lavaca |
yes |
| Callahan |
12,905 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Baird |
yes |
| Cameron |
335,227 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Brownsville |
|
| Camp |
11,549 |
9-Aug-2007 | |
Pittsburg |
yes |
| Carson |
6,516 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Panhandle |
yes |
| Cass |
30,438 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Linden |
yes |
| Castro |
8,285 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Dimmitt |
yes |
| Chambers |
26,031 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Wallisville |
|
| Cherokee |
46,659 |
25-Aug-1998 | |
Rusk |
|
| Childress |
7,688 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Childress |
yes |
| Clay |
11,006 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Henrietta |
yes |
| Cochran |
3,730 |
12-Aug-2007 | |
Morton |
yes |
| Coke |
3,864 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Robert Lee |
yes |
| Coleman |
9,235 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Coleman |
yes |
| Collin |
491,675 |
8-Aug-2003 | |
McKinney |
yes |
| Collingsworth |
3,206 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Wellington |
yes |
| Colorado |
20,390 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Columbus |
yes |
| Comal |
78,021 |
24-Aug-2000 | |
New Braunfels |
yes |
| Comanche |
14,026 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
Comanche |
yes |
| Concho |
3,966 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Paint Rock |
|
| Cooke |
36,363 |
19-Aug-2000 | |
Gainesville |
yes |
| Coryell |
74,978 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Fort Gates |
|
| Cottle |
1,904 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Paducah |
yes |
| Crane |
3,996 |
21-Aug-2000 | |
Crane |
|
| Crockett |
4,099 |
17-Aug-2005 | |
Ozona |
yes |
| Crosby |
7,072 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Crosbyton |
yes |
| Culberson |
2,975 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Van Horn |
yes |
| Dallam |
6,222 |
23-Aug-2009 | |
Dalhart |
yes |
| Dallas |
2,218,899 |
13-Aug-2008 | |
Dallas |
yes |
| Dawson |
14,985 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Lamesa |
|
| Deaf Smith |
18,561 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Hereford |
yes |
| Delta |
5,327 |
15-Aug-2005 | |
Cooper |
yes |
| Denton |
432,976 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Denton |
|
| DeWitt |
20,013 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Cuero |
yes |
| Dickens |
2,762 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Dickens |
yes |
| Dimmit |
10,248 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Carrizo Springs |
yes |
| Donley |
3,828 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Clarendon |
yes |
| Duval |
13,120 |
14-Aug-2007 | |
San Diego |
yes |
| Eastland |
18,297 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Eastland |
|
| Ector |
121,123 |
21-Aug-2000 | |
Odessa |
yes |
| Edwards |
2,162 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Rocksprings |
|
| Ellis |
111,360 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Waxahachie |
yes |
| El Paso |
679,622 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
El Paso |
yes |
| Erath |
33,001 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Stephenville |
|
| Falls |
18,576 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Marlin |
yes |
| Fannin |
31,242 |
9-Aug-2007 | |
Bonham |
|
| Fayette |
21,804 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
La Grange |
|
| Fisher |
4,344 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Roby |
yes |
| Floyd |
7,771 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Floydada |
yes |
| Foard |
1,622 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Crowell |
yes |
| Fort Bend |
354,452 |
5-Sep-2005 | |
Richmond |
yes |
| Franklin |
9,458 |
12-Aug-2008 | |
Mount Vernon |
yes |
| Freestone |
17,867 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Fairfield |
yes |
| Frio |
16,252 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Pearsall |
|
| Gaines |
14,467 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Seminole |
|
| Galveston |
250,158 |
23-Aug-2000 | |
Galveston |
|
| Garza |
4,872 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Post |
yes |
| Gillespie |
20,814 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Fredericksburg |
yes |
| Glasscock |
1,406 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Garden City |
yes |
| Goliad |
6,928 |
23-Aug-2000 | |
Goliad |
yes |
| Gonzales |
18,628 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Gonzales |
|
| Gray |
22,744 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Pampa |
|
| Grayson |
110,595 |
9-Aug-2007 | |
Sherman |
yes |
| Gregg |
111,379 |
13-Aug-2008 | |
Longview |
yes |
| Grimes |
23,552 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Anderson |
|
| Guadalupe |
89,023 |
24-Aug-2000 | |
Seguin |
yes |
| Hale |
36,602 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Plainview |
|
| Hall |
3,782 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Memphis |
|
| Hamilton |
8,229 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
Hamilton |
|
| Hansford |
5,369 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Spearman |
yes |
| Hardeman |
4,724 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Quanah |
yes |
| Hardin |
48,073 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Kountze |
yes |
| Harris |
3,400,578 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Houston |
yes |
| Harrison |
62,110 |
13-Aug-2008 | |
Marshall |
yes |
| Hartley |
5,537 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Channing |
yes |
| Haskell |
6,093 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Haskell |
|
| Hays |
97,589 |
24-Aug-2000 | |
San Marcos |
|
| Hemphill |
3,351 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Canadian |
|
| Henderson |
73,277 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Athens |
|
| Hidalgo |
569,463 |
14-Aug-2007 | |
Edinburg |
yes |
| Hill |
32,321 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Hillsboro |
yes |
| Hockley |
22,716 |
12-Aug-2007 | |
Levelland |
|
| Hood |
41,100 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
Granbury |
yes |
| Hopkins |
31,960 |
12-Aug-2008 | |
Sulphur Springs |
yes |
| Houston |
23,185 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Crockett |
yes |
| Howard |
33,627 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Big Spring |
|
| Hudspeth |
3,344 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Sierra Blanca |
yes |
| Hunt |
76,596 |
12-Aug-2008 | |
Greenville |
yes |
| Hutchinson |
23,857 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Stinnett |
yes |
| Irion |
1,771 |
17-Aug-2005 | |
Sherwood |
yes |
| Jack |
8,763 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Jacksboro |
|
| Jackson |
14,391 |
5-Sep-2005 | |
Edna |
yes |
| Jasper |
35,604 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Jasper |
yes |
| Jeff Davis |
2,207 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Fort Davis |
|
| Jefferson |
252,051 |
16-Aug-1993 | |
Beaumont |
yes |
| Jim Hogg |
5,281 |
14-Aug-2007 | |
Hebbronville |
yes |
| Jim Wells |
39,326 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Alice |
yes |
| Johnson |
126,811 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Cleburne |
|
| Jones |
20,785 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Anson |
yes |
| Karnes |
15,446 |
23-Aug-2000 | |
Karnes City |
yes |
| Kaufman |
71,313 |
13-Aug-2008 | |
Kaufman |
|
| Kendall |
23,743 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Boerne |
yes |
| Kenedy |
414 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Sarita |
yes |
| Kent |
859 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Jayton |
|
| Kerr |
43,653 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Kerrville |
yes |
| Kimble |
4,468 |
22-Aug-2000 | |
Junction |
yes |
| King |
356 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Guthrie |
yes |
| Kinney |
3,379 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Brackettville |
yes |
| Kleberg |
31,549 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Kingsville |
yes |
| Knox |
4,253 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Benjamin |
|
| Lamar |
48,499 |
15-Aug-2005 | |
Paris |
yes |
| Lamb |
14,709 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Littlefield |
|
| Lampasas |
17,762 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Lampasas |
yes |
| La Salle |
5,866 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Cotulla |
yes |
| Lavaca |
19,210 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Hallettsville |
|
Lee |
15,657 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Giddings |
yes |
| Leon |
15,335 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Centerville |
yes |
| Liberty |
70,154 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Liberty |
|
| Limestone |
22,051 |
25-Aug-1998 | |
Personville |
|
| Lipscomb |
3,057 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Lipscomb |
|
| Live Oak |
12,309 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
George West |
|
| Llano |
17,044 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Llano |
yes |
| Loving |
67 |
21-Aug-2000 | |
Mentone |
yes |
| Lubbock |
242,628 |
12-Aug-2007 | |
Lubbock |
yes |
| Lynn |
6,550 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Tahoka |
|
| McCulloch |
8,205 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Brady |
yes |
| McLennan |
213,517 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Waco |
yes |
| McMullen |
851 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Tilden |
|
| Madison |
12,940 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Madisonville |
yes |
| Marion |
10,941 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Whatley |
yes |
| Martin |
4,746 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Stanton |
|
| Mason |
3,738 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Mason |
yes |
| Matagorda |
37,957 |
23-Aug-2000 | |
Bay City |
yes |
| Maverick |
47,297 |
17-Aug-2005 | |
Eagle Pass |
yes |
| Medina |
39,304 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Hondo |
yes |
| Menard |
2,360 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Menard |
yes |
| Midland |
116,009 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Midland |
yes |
| Milam |
24,238 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Cameron |
|
| Mills |
5,151 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
Goldthwaite |
yes |
| Mitchell |
9,698 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Colorado City |
yes |
| Montague |
19,117 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Montague |
|
| Montgomery |
293,768 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Conroe |
yes |
| Moore |
20,121 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Dumas |
yes |
| Morris |
13,048 |
12-Aug-2008 | |
Daingerfield |
|
| Motley |
1,426 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Matador |
yes |
| Nacogdoches |
59,203 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Nacogdoches |
yes |
| Navarro |
45,124 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Corsicana |
yes |
| Newton |
15,072 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Newton |
yes |
| Nolan |
15,802 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Sweetwater |
|
| Nueces |
313,645 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Corpus Christi |
yes |
| Ochiltree |
9,006 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Perryton |
yes |
| Oldham |
2,185 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Vega |
yes |
| Orange |
84,966 |
16-Aug-1993 | |
Orange |
|
| Palo Pinto |
27,026 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Palo Pinto |
yes |
| Panola |
22,756 |
25-Aug-1998 | |
Carthage |
yes |
| Parker |
88,495 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Weatherford |
yes |
| Parmer |
10,016 |
12-Aug-2007 | |
Farwell |
yes |
| Pecos |
16,809 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Fort Stockton |
yes |
| Polk |
41,133 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Livingston |
yes |
| Potter |
113,546 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Amarillo |
yes |
| Presidio |
7,304 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Marfa |
yes |
| Rains |
9,139 |
9-Aug-2007 | |
Emory |
yes |
| Randall |
104,312 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Canyon |
|
| Reagan |
3,326 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Big Lake |
yes |
| Real |
3,047 |
18-Aug-2005 | |
Leakey |
yes |
| Red River |
14,314 |
15-Aug-2005 | |
Clarksville |
yes |
| Reeves |
13,137 |
22-Aug-2000 | |
Pecos |
|
| Refugio |
7,828 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Refugio |
yes |
| Roberts |
887 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Miami |
yes |
| Robertson |
16,000 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Franklin |
|
| Rockwall |
43,080 |
12-Aug-2008 | |
Rockwall |
yes |
| Runnels |
11,495 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Ballinger |
|
| Rusk |
47,372 |
25-Aug-1998 | |
Henderson |
|
| Sabine |
10,469 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Hemphill |
yes |
| San Augustine |
8,946 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
San Augustine |
|
| San Jacinto |
22,246 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Coldspring |
|
| San Patricio |
67,138 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Sinton |
|
| San Saba |
6,186 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
San Saba |
yes |
| Schleicher |
2,935 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Eldorado |
|
| Scurry |
16,361 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Snyder |
yes |
| Shackelford |
3,302 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Albany |
yes |
| Shelby |
25,224 |
15-Aug-1993 | |
Center |
yes |
| Sherman |
3,186 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Stratford |
yes |
| Smith |
174,706 |
13-Aug-2008 | |
Tyler |
yes |
| Somervell |
6,809 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
Glen Rose |
yes |
| Starr |
53,597 |
14-Aug-2007 | |
Rio Grande City |
yes |
| Stephens |
9,674 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Breckenridge |
yes |
| Sterling |
1,393 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Sterling City |
yes |
| Stonewall |
1,693 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Aspermont |
yes |
| Sutton |
4,077 |
22-Aug-2000 | |
Sonora |
yes |
| Swisher |
8,378 |
11-Aug-2007 | |
Tulia |
yes |
| Tarrant |
1,446,219 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Fort Worth |
yes |
| Taylor |
126,555 |
16-Aug-2005 | |
Abilene |
yes |
| Terrell |
1,081 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Sanderson |
yes |
| Terry |
12,761 |
12-Aug-2007 | |
Brownfield |
yes |
| Throckmorton |
1,850 |
19-Aug-2005 | |
Throckmorton |
yes |
| Titus |
28,118 |
12-Aug-2008 | |
Mount Pleasant |
yes |
| Tom Green |
104,010 |
17-Aug-2005 | |
San Angelo |
yes |
| Travis |
812,280 |
24-Aug-2000 | |
Austin |
yes |
| Trinity |
13,779 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Groveton |
|
| Tyler |
20,871 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Woodville |
yes |
| Upshur |
35,291 |
9-Aug-2007 | |
Gilmer |
yes |
| Upton |
3,404 |
9-Aug-2003 | |
Rankin |
yes |
| Uvalde |
25,926 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Uvalde |
yes |
| Val Verde |
44,856 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Del Rio |
yes |
| Van Zandt |
48,140 |
13-Aug-2008 | |
Canton |
yes |
| Victoria |
84,088 |
5-Sep-2005 | |
Victoria |
yes |
| Walker |
61,758 |
3-Sep-2005 | |
Huntsville |
yes |
| Waller |
32,663 |
16-Aug-2007 | |
Hempstead |
|
| Ward |
10,909 |
21-Aug-2000 | |
Monahans |
yes |
| Washington |
30,373 |
4-Sep-2005 | |
Brenham |
|
| Webb |
193,117 |
14-Aug-2007 | |
Laredo |
yes |
| Wharton |
41,188 |
5-Sep-2005 | |
Wharton |
yes |
| Wheeler |
5,284 |
10-Aug-2007 | |
Wheeler |
yes |
| Wichita |
131,664 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Wichita Falls |
yes |
| Wilbarger |
14,676 |
16-Aug-1995 | |
Vernon |
yes |
| Willacy |
20,082 |
15-Aug-2007 | |
Raymondville |
yes |
| Williamson |
249,967 |
25-Aug-2000 | |
Georgetown |
|
| Wilson |
32,408 |
23-Aug-2000 | |
Floresville |
yes |
| Winkler |
7,173 |
21-Aug-2000 | |
Kermit |
yes |
| Wise |
48,793 |
10-Aug-2003 | |
Decatur |
yes |
| Wood |
36,752 |
9-Aug-2007 | |
Quitman |
yes |
| Yoakum |
7,322 |
12-Aug-2007 | |
Plains |
yes |
| Young |
17,943 |
20-Aug-2000 | |
Graham |
|
| Zapata |
12,182 |
17-Aug-2005 | |
Zapata |
yes |
| Zavala |
11,600 |
13-Aug-2007 | |
Crystal City |
yes |
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