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Grayson County
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county in Texas, United States
Grayson County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is one of many counties that make up the state's local government structure.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Peter W. Grayson
- Seat
- Sherman
- Largest city
- Sherman
- Total
- 979 sq mi (2,540 km )
- Land
- 933 sq mi (2,420 km )
- Water
- 46 sq mi (120 km ) 4.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 153,613
- Density
- 145/sq mi (56.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .co .grayson .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 135543
- Area
- 2536
- Official website
- www.co.grayson.tx.us
- Image
- Grayson county tx courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 49327
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- Commons category
- Grayson County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-03-17
- water as percent of area
- 4.7
- native label
- Grayson County
- per capita income
- 29157
- P8168
- Q1123015
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Grayson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,543. The county seat is Sherman. The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. Grayson County is included in the Sherman-Denison metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, combined statistical area. Located on the state's border with Oklahoma, it is part of the Texoma region, with proximity to Lake Texoma and the Red River.
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