Milam County
Also known as Milam County, Texas, Milam County, TX
county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Benjamin Rush Milam
- Seat
- Cameron
- Largest city
- Rockdale
- Total
- 1,022 sq mi (2,650 km )
- Land
- 1,017 sq mi (2,630 km )
- Water
- 4.8 sq mi (12 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 26,258
- Density
- 24.34/sq mi (9.398/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
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Milam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,754. The county seat is Cameron. The county was created in 1834 as a municipality in Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. Milam County is named for Benjamin Rush Milam , an early settler and a soldier in the Texas Revolution.
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