Kent County, Texas

Kent County
Kent County
County
	Kent County Courthouse in Jayton
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°11′N 100°46′W / 33.19°N 100.77°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1892
Named for	Andrew Kent
Seat	Jayton
Largest city	Jayton
Area
• Total	903 sq mi (2,340 km2)
• Land	903 sq mi (2,340 km2)
• Water	0.4 sq mi (1 km2) 0.05%
Population (2020)
• Total	753
• Estimate (2022)	740
• Density	0.83/sq mi (0.32/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	19th
Website	www.co.kent.tx.us

Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 753,^[1] making it the sixth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Jayton.^[2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1892.^[3] It is named for Andrew Kent, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Kent County is a prohibition or entirely dry county,^[4] one of four remaining in the state.^[5]

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^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
^ "Texas counties wet/dry status as of May 2020" (Spreadsheet). Texas.gov.
^ "We/Dry Status of Texas Counties". June 1, 2023.