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What is the history of Erath County Texas? ›

Erath County was formed from Bosque and Coryell counties in 1856 and named for George Bernard Erath, one of the original surveyors of the area. In 1856, John M. Stephen offered to donate land for a townsite. It was named Stephenville after him and became the county seat.

Erath County, Texas has 1,083.2 square miles of land area and is the 52nd largest county in Texas by total area. Erath County, Texas is bordered by Palo Pinto County, Texas, Eastland County, Texas, Comanche County, Texas, Hamilton County, Texas, Somervell County, Texas, Bosque County, Texas, and Hood County, Texas.

Considered to be the oldest town in Texas, Nacogdoches was founded in 1779 by Don Antonio Gil Y'Barbo.

In 1821 Mexico took control of the land, eventually calling the area Coahuila y Tejas. But in 1835 settlers living in this province—often just called Texas—rebelled, beginning the Texas Revolution.

Founded in 1854, it is home to Tarleton State University. Stephenville is a small town located in Central Texas, as of the 2020 census, the city's population was 20,847, and it is the principal city in the Stephenville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography. Tomball is located at 30°5′56″N 95°37′8″W (30.098905, –95.618899). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.9 square miles (30.9 km²), of which 11.8 square miles (30.5 km²) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km²), or 1.54%, is water.

Erath County is located in central Texas, and includes the communities of: Find out more information for each community by clicking on their name.

The Humble area was originally part of Austin's Colony (1821-1836). Early settlers in present-day Humble included Joseph Dunman, an Alamo Rider. After the Texas Revolution, Dunman and others were given land-grants and started the economic-development of the area. The early settlers were primarily cattlemen or farmers.

Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca first set foot on land that would become Texas in 1528, when his crude raft ran aground near Galveston Island. The raft held survivors of an ill-fated Spanish expedition to settle Florida.

Aside from the Precambrian, the Hill Country has remnants of the Cretaceous Period, which began 145 million years ago. During this period, the sea covered the Earth and deposited limestone across what is now Texas. This limestone eroded over time to form the hills of the Hill Country.

What is the history of the Texas City Dike? ›

Originally authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1913, construction of the dike was sponsored by Texas City but was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District. The first version of the dike was timber pile construction, built for a cost of $1.4 million and completed in 1915.