New Water Quality Report. This report provides an updated analysis of bacteriological water quality data for Orange Countyâs recreational waters and includes data on sewage spills and related ocean, harbor and bay water closures.
Houston County was the first new county created under the 9-year Republic of Texas on June 12, 1837. The original boundaries of Houston County also included all of present-day Anderson and Trinity Counties, and portions of present-day Henderson and Polk Counties.
HOUSTON COUNTY. Houston County, the first county established by the Republic of Texas, is east of Waco in the East Texas Timberlands region. It is bordered on the north by Anderson County, on the east by Cherokee, Angelina, and Trinity counties, on the south by Walker and Madison counties, and on the west by Leon County.