Milam County, Texas

Milam County
Milam County
County
	The Milam County Courthouse in Cameron. The Courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1977.
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 30°47′N 96°59′W / 30.79°N 96.98°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1837
Named for	Benjamin Rush Milam
Seat	Cameron
Largest city	Rockdale
Area
• Total	1,022 sq mi (2,650 km2)
• Land	1,017 sq mi (2,630 km2)
• Water	4.8 sq mi (12 km2) 0.5%
Population (2020)
• Total	24,754
• Density	24/sq mi (9.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	17th
Website	www.milamcounty.net

Milam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,754.^[1] The county seat is Cameron.^[2] The county was created in 1834 as a municipality in Mexico and organized as a county in 1837.^[3]^[4] Milam County is named for Benjamin Rush Milam, an early settler and a soldier in the Texas Revolution.^[5]

^ "Milam County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
^ "Milam County". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 207.