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Kent County

Jayton · Kent County · placed 1936

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Kent County, Texas

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Formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized November 8, 1892.

Named in honor of Andrew Kent who fell at the Alamo. Clairmont, the county seat, 1892. Jayton, since 1952. (1936)

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