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Lavaca County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Lavaca River
- Seat
- Hallettsville
- Largest city
- Yoakum
- Total
- 970 sq mi (2,500 km )
- Land
- 970 sq mi (2,500 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.08%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,651
- Density
- 21/sq mi (8.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 27th
- Website
- www .co .lavaca .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Lavaca River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Hallettsville
- Capital
- Hallettsville
- Population
- 20337
- Area
- 2513
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Victoria County
- Official website
- www.co.lavaca.tx.us
- Image
- Lavaca County Courthouse full.JPG
- Households
- 7904
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- Commons category
- Lavaca County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Lavaca County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.08
- native label
- Lavaca County
- per capita income
- 31241
- IPA transcription
- ləˈvɑːkə
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lavaca County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Lavaca County (/ləˈvɑːkə/ lə-VAH-kə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,337. Its county seat is Hallettsville. The county was created in 1846. It is named for the Lavaca River, which curves its way southeast through Moulton and Hallettsville before reaching the coast at Matagorda Bay.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lavaca County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.