File:Hays_courthouse.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Hays County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hays County, Texas, Hays County, TX
county in Texas, United States
Hays County is a county located in Texas that is part of the United States. It is one of the administrative divisions of the state of Texas.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- John Coffee Hays
- Seat
- San Marcos
- Largest city
- San Marcos
- Total
- 680 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Land
- 678 sq mi (1,760 km )
- Water
- 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 304,390
- Density
- 356/sq mi (137/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 21st , 35th
- Website
- www .hayscountytx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Coffee Hays
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- San Marcos
- Capital
- San Marcos
- Population
- 241067
- Area
- 1761
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Guadalupe County
- Official website
- www.hayscountytx.gov
- Image
- Hays courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 76724
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Hays County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Hays County, Texas
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Hays County, Texas
- inception
- 1848-00-00
- category for people born here
- Q50329219
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Hays County, Texas
- different from
- Hayes County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Hays County
- per capita income
- 32988
Sources (10)
via Wikidata · CC0
~12 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Hays County Annex Building across from the courthouse in San Marcos Hays County Veterans Monument in San Marcos
Hays County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, its official population had reached 241,067. The county seat is San Marcos. Hays, along with Comal and Kendall Counties, was listed in 2017 as one of the nation's fastest-growing counties with a population of at least 10,000. From 2015 to 2016, Hays County, third on the national list, had nearly 10,000 new residents during the year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hays County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.