Erath County
| Erath County, Texas | |
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The Erath County Courthouse in Stephenville
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 Location in the U.S. state of Texas |
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 Texas's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1856 |
| Seat | Stephenville |
| Largest city | Stephenville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,090 sq mi (2,823 km2) |
| • Land | 1,083 sq mi (2,805 km2) |
| • Water | 6.7 sq mi (17 km2), 0.6% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 37,890 |
| • Density | 35/sq mi (14/km²) |
| Congressional districts | 11th, 25th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Erath County (/ˈiː.ræθ/ EE-rath) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. At the 2010 census, its population was 37,890. The county seat is Stephenville. The county is named for George Bernard Erath, an early surveyor and a soldier at the Battle of San Jacinto.
Erath County is included in the Stephenville, Texas, Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Erath County is the location of two of North America's largest renewable natural gas plants. The largest is at Huckabay Ridge, near Stephenville. The second largest is located outside of Dublin at Rio Leche Estates.
On November 4, 2008, Erath County voters elected to allow the sale of beer and wine in the county for off-premises consumption.
Caddo tribe Anadarko villages were scattered along Trinity and Brazos Rivers.French explorer Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe developed camaraderie among the Anadarko in 1719 when he established Fort Saint Louis de los Cadodaquious. The Anadarko became entangled with the French battles with the Spanish and later the Anglos and suffered the consequences, including diseases for which they had no immunity. By 1860, these tribes moved to Oklahoma. Erath County falls into Comancheria and found itself raided by Comanches until their removal to Oklahoma after 1875.
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