Limestone County, Texas
| Limestone County, Texas | |
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The Limestone County Courthouse in Groesbeck
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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 | 1846 |
| Seat | Groesbeck |
| Largest city | Mexia |
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| • Total | 933 sq mi (2,416 km2) |
| • Land | 905 sq mi (2,344 km2) |
| • Water | 28 sq mi (73 km2), 3.0% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 23,384 |
| • Density | 26/sq mi (10/km²) |
| Congressional district | 17th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Limestone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,384. Its county seat is Groesbeck. The county was created in 1846.
Indians friendly to the settlers resided in east Texas before the Kiowa, Apache and Comanche intruded upon their territory. These tribes hunted, farmed the land, and were adept traders. The Tawakoni branch of Wichita Indians originated north of Texas, but migrated south into east Texas. From 1843 onward, the Tawakoni were part of treaties made by both the Republic of Texas and the United States. Tawakoni were also sometimes known as Tehuacana. The Limestone County town of Tehuacana was settled on the former site of a Tehuacana village. The Waco people were also a branch of the Wichita Indians.
Arguably the most infamous Indian depredation in Texas happened in Limestone County on May 19, 1836 when an odd alliance of Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo and Wichita approached Fort Parker surreptitiously under a flag of peace. The Indians subsequently attacked the fort, killing or kidnapping all but about 18 settlers who managed to escape to Fort Houston. Captured in the Fort Parker massacre were Elizabeth Kellogg,Rachel Plummer and her son James Pratt Plummer,John Richard Parker and his sister Cynthia Ann Parker, who later became mother of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker.
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