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Stephens County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- Alexander H. Stephens
- Seat
- Breckenridge
- Largest city
- Breckenridge
- Total
- 921 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Land
- 897 sq mi (2,320 km )
- Water
- 25 sq mi (65 km ) 2.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,380
- Density
- 10.1/sq mi (3.92/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 25th
- Website
- www .co .stephens .tx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9101
- Area
- 2387
- Official website
- www.co.stephens.tx.us
- Image
- Stephens1.JPG
- Households
- 3408
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- Commons category
- Stephens County, Texas
- inception
- 1858-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 2.7
- native label
- Stephens County
- per capita income
- 25592
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Stephens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 9,101. Its county seat is Breckenridge. The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1876. It was originally named Buchanan County, after U.S. President James Buchanan, but was renamed in 1861 for Alexander H. Stephens, the vice president of the Confederate States of America.
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