Grayson County, Texas

Grayson County
County
The Grayson County Courthouse in Sherman
Seal
Location within the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 33°37′N 96°41′W / 33.62°N 96.68°W / 33.62; -96.68
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1846
Named for	Peter Wagener Grayson
Seat	Sherman
Largest city	Sherman
Area
• Total	979 sq mi (2,540 km2)
• Land	933 sq mi (2,420 km2)
• Water	46 sq mi (120 km2)  4.7%
Population  (2020)
• Total	135,543
• Density	140/sq mi (53/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.co.grayson.tx.us

Grayson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,543.^[1] The county seat is Sherman.^[2] The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. Grayson County is included in the Sherman-Denison metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, combined statistical area. Located on the state's border with Oklahoma, it is part of the Texoma region, with proximity to Lake Texoma and the Red River.