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East Texas is within the Black Belt region, the fertile area that was the center of cotton culture and enslaved African-American labor. [11] [12] East Texas has the largest Black population in the state. [13] Unlike Texas's total state racial demographics, only two counties in East Texas outside of Greater Houston's sphere had a majority minority.
Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the Republic of Texas and ceded by Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the Trans-Pecos and most of the ...
The East Texas Council of Governments is a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts in East Texas. Based in Kilgore , the East Texas Council of Governments is a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils .
Panola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 22,491, [1] with its county seat in Carthage. [2] Located in East Texas and originally developed for cotton plantations, the county's name is derived from a Choctaw word for cotton.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas is one of four federal judicial districts in Texas. [2] Court for the District is held at Beaumont, Lufkin, Marshall, Plano, Sherman, Texarkana, and Tyler. Beaumont Division comprises the following counties: Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, and Orange.
Southeast Texas is a cultural and geographic region in the U.S. state of Texas, bordering Southwest Louisiana and its greater Acadiana region to the east. Being a part of East Texas, the region is geographically centered on the Greater Houston and Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical areas with a combined population of 7,662,325 according to the 2020 U.S. census.
The Texas Triangle is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to over half of the state's population. The Texas Triangle is formed by the state's four main urban centers, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, connected by Interstate 45, Interstate 10, and Interstate 35.
The county is named for Memucan Hunt, Jr., the first Republic of Texas Minister to the United States from 1837 to 1838 and the third Texas Secretary of the Navy from 1838 to 1839. [3] Hunt County is located in Northeast Texas, at the eastern edge of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and the western edge of East Texas.