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Rains County
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county in Texas, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rains County is referenced by 402 other articles, and connects out to United States Census Bureau, Dallas and Republican Party (United States).
The entry is geolocated on the map in TX.
It sits within the topics 1870 establishments in Texas, Populated places in the United States established in 1870 and Rains County, Texas.
Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Founded
- June 9, 1870
- Named after
- Emory Rains
- Seat
- Emory
- Largest city
- Emory
- Total
- 259 sq mi (670 km )
- Land
- 229 sq mi (590 km )
- Water
- 29 sq mi (75 km ) 11%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,542
- Density
- 53.1/sq mi (20.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .co .rains .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Emory
- Capital
- Emory
- Population
- 12164
- Area
- 670
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Wood County
- Official website
- www.co.rains.tx.us
- Image
- Rains courthouse 2010.jpg
- Households
- 4321
Show 7 more facts
- inception
- 1870-06-09
- topic's main category
- Category:Rains County, Texas
- Commons category
- Rains County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 11
- native label
- Rains County
- topic has template
- Template:Rains County, Texas
- per capita income
- 28919
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Encyclopedic overview
Rains County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,164. Its seat is Emory. The county (and county seat) are named for Emory Rains, a Texas state legislator.
In 1970, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Number 10860 was placed in the county courthouse lawn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rains County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.