Alphabetical County Listing and Locator Map

Map of Texas Counties, Numbered in Alphabetical Order

Table of Texas Counties In Alphabetical Order

Rank	Name	Named For	Locator (hover over any row to display a map)
1	Anderson	K.L. Anderson (1805-45)
2	Andrews	Richard Andrews (?-1835)
3	Angelina	the Angelina River
4	Aransas	the Aransas River
5	Archer	Branch T. Archer (1790-1856)
6	Armstrong	a Texas pioneer family, now unknown
7	Atascosa	Spanish for "boggy"
8	Austin	Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836)
9	Bailey	Peter James Bailey III (1812-36)
10	Bandera	the Bandera Mountains
11	Bastrop	Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop (1759-1827)
12	Baylor	Henry W. Baylor (1818-54)
13	Bee	Barnard E. Bee Sr. (1787-1853)
14	Bell	Peter H. Bell (1812-98)
15	Bexar	Bejar, the hometown of the Spanish viceroy
16	Blanco	Blanco River
17	Borden	Gail Borden Jr. (1801-74)
18	Bosque	Bosque River
19	Bowie	James Bowie (1796-1836)
20	Brazoria	the county seat
21	Brazos	the Brazos River
22	Brewster	Henry P. Brewster (1816-84)
23	Briscoe	Andrew Briscoe (1810-49)
24	Brooks	James Brooks (1855-1944)
25	Brown	Henry S. Brown (1793-1834)
26	Burleson	Edward Burleson (1798-1851)
27	Burnet	David G. Burnet (1788-1870)
28	Caldwell	Matthew Caldwell (1798-42)
29	Calhoun	John C. Calhoun (1782-1850)
30	Callahan	James H. Callahan (1812-56)
31	Cameron	Ewen Cameron (1811-43)
32	Camp	John L. Camp (1828-91)
33	Carson	Samuel P. Carson (1798-1838)
34	Cass	Lewis Cass (1782-1866)
35	Castro	Henri Castro (1786-1865)
36	Chambers	Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-65)
37	Cherokee	the Cherokee tribe
38	Childress	George C. Childress (1804-41)
39	Clay	Henry Clay (1825-29)
40	Cochran	Robert E. Cochran (1810-36)
41	Coke	Richard Coke (1829-97)
42	Coleman	Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837)
43	Collin	Collin McKinney (1766-1861)
44	Collingsworth	James Collinsworth (1806-38)
45	Colorado	the Colorado River
46	Comal	the Comal River
47	Comanche	the Comanche tribe
48	Concho	the Concho River
49	Cooke	William G. Cooke (1808-47)
50	Coryell	James Coryell (1803-37)
51	Cottle	George Washington Cottle (1811-36)
52	Crane	William C. Crane (1816-85)
53	Crockett	David Crockett (1786-1836)
54	Crosby	Stephen Crosby (1808-69)
55	Culberson	David B. Culberson (1830-1900)
56	Dallam	James W. Dallam (1818-47)
57	Dallas	George M. Dallas
58	Dawson	Nicholas M. Dawson (1800-42)
59	Deaf Smith	Erastus "Deaf" Smith (1787-1837)
60	Delta	the county's triangular shape
61	Denton	John B. Denton (1806-41)
62	DeWitt	Green DeWitt (1787-1835)
63	Dickens	James R. Dimpkins (?-1836)
64	Dimmit	Philip Dimmitt (1801-41)
65	Donley	Stockton P. Donley (1821-71)
66	Duval	Burr H. DuVal (1809-36)
67	Eastland	William M. Eastland (1806-1843)
68	Ector	Matthew Ector (1822-79)
69	Edwards	Hayden Edwards (1771-1849)
70	Ellis	Richard Ellis (1781-1846)
71	El Paso	a local mountain pass
72	Erath	George B. Erath (1813-91)
73	Falls	falls on the Brazos River
74	Fannin	James W. Fannin (1805-36)
75	Fayette	Lafayette (1757-1834)
76	Fisher	Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794-1839)
77	Floyd	Dolphin W. Floyd (1804-36)
78	Foard	Robert L. Foard (1831-98)
79	Fort Bend	blockhouse (small fort) on a river bend
80	Franklin	Benjamin C. Franklin (1805-73)
81	Freestone	a stone used in masonry
82	Frio	the Frio River
83	Gaines	James T. Gaines (1776-1856)
84	Galveston	the county seat
85	Garza	family of Jose Antonio de la Garza (1776-1851)
86	Gillespie	Robert A. Gillespie (1815-46)
87	Glasscock	George Washington Glasscock (1810-68)
88	Goliad	the county seat
89	Gonzales	the county seat
90	Gray	Peter W. Gray (1819-74)
91	Grayson	Peter W. Grayson (1788-1838)
92	Gregg	John Gregg (1828-1864)
93	Grimes	Jesse Grimes (1788-1866)
94	Guadalupe	the Guadalupe River
95	Hale	John C. Hale (1806-36)
96	Hall	Warren D.C. Hall (1788-1867)
97	Hamilton	James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857)
98	Hansford	John M. Hansford (?-1844)
99	Hardeman	Bailey (1795-1836) and T.J. Hardeman (1788-1854)
100	Hardin	family of William Hardin (1801-39)
101	Harris	John R. Harris (1790-1829)
102	Harrison	Jonas Harrison (1777-1836)
103	Hartley	Oliver C. (1823-59) and Rufus K. Hartley
104	Haskell	Charles R. Haskell (1817-36)
105	Hays	John C. Hays (1817-83)
106	Hemphill	John Hemphill (1803-62)
107	Henderson	James Pinckney Henderson (1808-58)
108	Hidalgo	Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811)
109	Hill	George Washington Hill (1814-1860)
110	Hockley	George Washington Hockley (1802-51)
111	Hood	John Bell Hood (1831-79)
112	Hopkins	family of David Hopkins (1825-1906)
113	Houston	Sam Houston (1793-1863)
114	Howard	Volney E. Howard (1809-89)
115	Hudspeth	Claude B. Hudspeth (1877-1941)
116	Hunt	Memucan Hunt Jr. (1807-56)
117	Hutchinson	Anderson Hutchinson (1798-1853)
118	Irion	Robert A. Irion (1804-61)
119	Jack	Patrick (1808-44) and William (1806-44) Jack
120	Jackson	Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)
121	Jasper	William Jasper (1750-79)
122	Jeff Davis	Jefferson Davis (1808-89)
123	Jefferson	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
124	Jim Hogg	James S. Hogg (1851-1906)
125	Jim Wells	James B. Wells Jr. (1850-1923)
126	Johnson	Middleton Tate Johnson (1810-66)
127	Jones	Anson Jones (1798-1858)
128	Karnes	Henry W. Karnes (1812-40)
129	Kaufman	David S. Kaufman (1813-51)
130	Kendall	George W. Kendall (1809-67)
131	Kenedy	Miflin Kenedy (1818-95)
132	Kent	Andrew Kent (179?-1836)
133	Kerr	Joseph Kerr (1790-1850)
134	Kimble	George C. Kimball (1803-36)
135	King	William P. King (1820-36)
136	Kinney	Henry Kinney (1814-62)
137	Kleberg	Robert J. Kleberg (1803-88)
138	Knox	Henry Knox (1750-1806)
139	Lamar	Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798-1859)
140	Lamb	George A. Lamb (1814-36)
141	Lampasas	the Lampasas River
142	La Salle	Robert La Salle (1643-87)
143	Lavaca	the Lavaca River
144	Lee	Robert E. Lee (1807-1870)
145	Leon	Martín De León (1765-1833)
146	Liberty	the county seat
147	Limestone	the indigenous rock
148	Lipscomb	Abner S. Lipscomb (1789-1856)
149	Live Oak	the indigenous tree
150	Llano	the Llano River
151	Loving	Oliver Loving (1812-67)
152	Lubbock	Thomas S. Lubbock (1817-62)
153	Lynn	William Linn (?-1836)
154	McCulloch	Benjamin McCulloch (1811-62)
155	McLennan	Neil McLennan (1777?-1867)
156	McMullen	John McMullen (1785-1853)
157	Madison	James Madison (1751-1836)
158	Marion	Francis Marion (1732-95)
159	Martin	Wylie Martin (1776-1842)
160	Mason	the county seat
161	Matagorda	the once-indigenous canebrakes
162	Maverick	Samuel Maverick (1803-70)
163	Medina	the Medina River
164	Menard	Michael B. Menard (1805-56)
165	Midland	the county seat
166	Milam	Ben Milam (1788-1835)
167	Mills	John T. Mills (1817-71)
168	Mitchell	Asa (1795-1865) and Eli (1797-1870) Mitchell
169	Montague	Daniel Montague (1798-1876)
170	Montgomery	the county seat
171	Moore	Edwin W. Moore (1810-65)
172	Morris	William W. Morris (1805-83)
173	Motley	Junius W. Mottley (1812?-36)
174	Nacogdoches	the county seat
175	Navarro	Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871)
176	Newton	John Newton (1755-80)
177	Nolan	Philip Nolan (1771-1801)
178	Nueces	the Nueces River
179	Ochiltree	William B. Ochiltree (1811-67)
180	Oldham	William S. Oldham (1813-68)
181	Orange	an orange grove planted by settlers
182	Palo Pinto	the Palo Pinto Creek
183	Panola	Choctaw for "cotton"
184	Parker	Isaac Parker (1793-1883)
185	Parmer	Martin Parmer (1778-1850)
186	Pecos	the Pecos River
187	Polk	James K. Polk (1795-1849)
188	Potter	Robert Potter (1800-42)
189	Presidio	Presidio del Norte
190	Rains	Emory Rains (1800-78)
191	Randall	Horace Randal (1833-64)
192	Reagan	John H. Reagan (1818-1905)
193	Real	Julius Real (1860-1944)
194	Red River	the Red River
195	Reeves	George R. Reeves (1826-82)
196	Refugio	the county seat
197	Roberts	brothers Oran M. Roberts (1815-98) and John S. Roberts (1796-1871)
198	Robertson	Sterling C. Robertson (1820-79)
199	Rockwall	the county seat
200	Runnels	Hardin R. Runnels (1820-73)
201	Rusk	Thomas Jefferson Rusk (1803-57)
202	Sabine	the Sabine River
203	San Augustine	the county seat
204	San Jacinto	the battle of San Jacinto
205	San Patricio	the county seat
206	San Saba	the San Saba River
207	Schleicher	Gustav Schleicher (1823-79)
208	Scurry	William R. Scurry (1821-64)
209	Shackelford	Jack Shackelford (1790-1857)
210	Shelby	Isaac Shelby (1750-1826)
211	Sherman	Sidney Sherman (1805-73)
212	Smith	James Smith (1792-1854)
213	Somervell	Alexander Somervell (1796-1854)
214	Starr	James H. Starr (1809-90)
215	Stephens	Alexander H. Stephens (1812-83)
216	Sterling	W.S. Sterling (?-1881?)
217	Stonewall	"Stonewall" Jackson (1824-63)
218	Sutton	J. S. Sutton (1817?-62)
219	Swisher	James G. Swisher (1794-1862)
220	Tarrant	Edward H. Tarrant (1799-1858)
221	Taylor	Edward (1812-36), James (1814-36), and George (1816-36) Taylor
222	Terrell	Alexander W. Terrell (1827-1912)
223	Terry	Frank Terry (1821-61)
224	Throckmorton	William E. Throckmorton (1795-1843)
225	Titus	Andrew J. Titus (1814-55)
226	Tom Green	Tom Green (1814-64)
227	Travis	William B. Travis (1809-36)
228	Trinity	the Trinity River
229	Tyler	John Tyler (1790-1862)
230	Upshur	Abel P. Upshur (1790-1844)
231	Upton	John C. (1828-1862 and William F. (1832-87) Upton
232	Uvalde	Uvalde Canyon
233	Val Verde	the Battle of Valverde
234	Van Zandt	Isaac Van Zandt (1813-47)
235	Victoria	the county seat
236	Walker	Samuel H. Walker (1817-47)
237	Waller	Edwin Waller (1800-81)
238	Ward	Thomas W. Ward (1807-72)
239	Washington	George Washington (1732-99)
240	Webb	James Webb (1792-1856)
241	Wharton	William H. (1802-39) and John A. (1828-65) Wharton
242	Wheeler	Royall T. Wheeler (1810-1864)
243	Wichita	the Wichita tribe
244	Wilbarger	Josiah P. (1801-45) and Mathias (1807?-53) Wilbarger
245	Willacy	John G. Willacy (1859-1943)
246	Williamson	Robert A. Williamson (1804?-59)
247	Wilson	James C. Wilson (1816-61)
248	Winkler	Clinton M. Winkler (1821-82)
249	Wise	Henry A. Wise (1806-76)
250	Wood	George T. Wood (1795-1858)
251	Yoakum	Henderson K. Yoakum (1810-56)
252	Young	William C. Young (1812-62)
253	Zapata	Antonio Zapata y Cisneros (1800-40)
254	Zavala	Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836)