Somervell County, Texas
| Somervell County, Texas | |
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The Somervell County Courthouse in Glen Rose
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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 | 1875 |
| Seat | Glen Rose |
| Largest city | Glen Rose |
| Area | |
| • Total | 192 sq mi (497 km2) |
| • Land | 186 sq mi (482 km2) |
| • Water | 5.5 sq mi (14 km2), 2.9% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 8,490 |
| • Density | 46/sq mi (18/km²) |
| Congressional district | 25th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | co |
Somervell County (/ˈsʌmərvɛl/ SUM-er-vell) is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,490. Its county seat is Glen Rose. The county is named for Alexander Somervell, Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.
Somervell County is included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Granbury Micropolitan Area.
The county contains the Comanche Peak Nuclear Generating Station, one of two nuclear power plants in Texas.
Caddo tribe Anadarko villages were scattered along Trinity and Brazos Rivers. The Caddo tribe of Wichita also inhabited the area. 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.
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