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In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36 and Native Americans still occupied large areas of land in northeast and far western Alabama. By 1840, 49 counties had been created; 52 by 1850; 65 by 1870; and the present 67 counties by 1903. Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903.
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Williamson County (sometimes abbreviated as "Wilco") [1] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 609,017. [2] Its county seat is Georgetown. [3] The county is named for Robert McAlpin Williamson ( c. 1804 –1859), a community leader and a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto.
Travis County is located in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,290,188. It is the fifth-most populous county in Texas. Its county seat and most populous city is Austin, [1] the capital of Texas. The county was established in 1840 and is named in honor of William Barret Travis, the commander of the Republic of Texas ...
Oxford is a city in Calhoun, Talladega, and Cleburne counties in the State of Alabama, United States. The population was 22,069 at the 2020 census ,. [2] Oxford is one of two principal cities of and included in the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area , and it is the largest city in Calhoun County by population.
Geography of Argentina. / 34.000°S 64.000°W / -34.000; -64.000. The geography of Argentina is heavily diverse, consisting of the Andes Mountains, pampas, and various rivers and lakes. Bordered by the Andes in the west and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, its neighbouring countries are Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to ...
The San Antonio–Austin metroplex is an emerging metropolitan area in the US state of Texas, where the dominant core cities are San Antonio and Austin. This combined metropolitan region, composed of the Greater Austin and Greater San Antonio areas, has approximately 5 million people. Downtown San Antonio and Downtown Austin are about 80 mi ...
Argentina is divided into twenty-three federated states called provinces ( Spanish: provincias, singular provincia) and one called the autonomous city ( ciudad autónoma) of Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the republic (Spanish: Capital Federal) as decided by the Argentine Congress. [1] The provinces and the capital have their own ...