East Texas County Governments
The 38-county East Texas region stretches from the piney woods bordering Louisiana and Arkansas to the eastern edge of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and from Oklahoma in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.
List of East Texas Counties and County Seats
The following is a list of counties and county seats in East Texas:
County Name |
County Seat |
Population |
Area |
| Anderson | Palestine | 57,741 | Upper East Texas |
| Angelina | Lufkin | 87,805 | Deep East Texas |
| Bowie | New Boston | 94,012 | Upper East Texas |
| Camp | Pittsburg | 12,855 | Upper East Texas |
| Cass | Linden | 30,012 | Upper East Texas |
| Cherokee | Rusk | 52,240 | Upper East Texas |
| Delta | Cooper | 5,298 | Upper East Texas |
| Franklin | Mt. Vernon | 10,767 | Upper East Texas |
| Gregg | Longview | 123,367 | Upper East Texas |
| Hardin | Kountze | 57,139 | South East Texas |
| Harrison | Marshall | 66,661 | Upper East Texas |
| Henderson | Athens | 81,064 | Upper East Texas |
| Hopkins | Sulphur Springs | 36,496 | Upper East Texas |
| Houston | Crockett | 23,021 | Deep East Texas |
| Jasper | Jasper | 35,561 | Deep East Texas |
| Jefferson | Beaumont | 256,299 | South East Texas |
| Lamar | Paris | 49,587 | Upper East Texas |
| Marion | Jefferson | 10,064 | Upper East Texas |
| Morris | Daingerfield | 12,467 | Upper East Texas |
| Nacogdoches | Nacogdoches | 65,580 | Deep East Texas |
| Newton | Newton | 13,952 | Deep East Texas |
| Orange | Orange | 85,047 | South East Texas |
| Panola | Carthage | 23,243 | Upper East Texas |
| Polk | Livingston | 49,162 | Deep East Texas |
| Rains | Emory | 11,762 | Upper East Texas |
| Red River | Clarksville | 12,229 | Upper East Texas |
| Rusk | Henderson | 52,833 | Upper East Texas |
| Sabine | Hemphill | 10,461 | Deep East Texas |
| San Augustine | San Augustine | 8,253 | Deep East Texas |
| San Jacinto | Coldspring | 28,270 | Deep East Texas |
| Shelby | Center | 25,513 | Deep East Texas |
| Smith | Tyler | 227,727 | Upper East Texas |
| Titus | Mt. Pleasant | 32,904 | Upper East Texas |
| Trinity | Groveton | 14,667 | Deep East Texas |
| Tyler | Woodville | 21,539 | Deep East Texas |
| Upshur | Gilmer | 41,281 | Upper East Texas |
| Van Zandt | Canton | 55,182 | Upper East Texas |
| Wood | Quitman | 44,314 | Upper East Texas |
| Total - 38 Counties | 1,926,375 | East Texas |
 Smith County Courthouse in Tyler, Texas |
List of East Texas County Government Websites
Included below is list of East Texas counties and their official county websites.
Map of East Texas Counties and Larger Cities
