Click to enlarge.	Map legend.

Physical Features: East central county on divide between Brazos River and Trinity River; borders Blacklands, level to rolling; drained by Navasota River and tributaries; Lake Limestone, Lake Mexia.

Economy: Government/services, electricity-generating plant.

History: Tawakoni (Tehuacana) and Waco area, later Comanche raiders. First Anglo-Americans arrived in 1833. Antebellum slaveholding area. County created from Robertson County and organized in 1846; named for indigenous rock.

Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 58.1; Black, 17.5; Hispanic, 22.6; Asian, 0.8; Other, 1.3; Two or more races, 1.8.

Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 308; deaths, 290; marriages, 156; divorces, 12.

Recreation: Fishing, lake activities; Fort Parker State Park, Old Fort Parker Historic Site, Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site; other historic sites; museum; hunting; Groesbeck fiddle festival in May.

Minerals: Natural gas, lignite coal.

Agriculture: Hay, corn, wheat, sorghum; beef cattle, horses, poultry. Market value $66.3 million.

GROESBECK (4,372) county seat, oil & gas, agriculture, manufacturing, hunting, mining, prison, power generating, hospital, museum.

MEXIA (7,709) government/services [state school], manufacturing; hospital, college extension campus; Boomtown History Day in April.

Other towns include: Coolidge (997), Kosse (456), Prairie Hill (150), Tehuacana (288), Thornton (541).

The Limestone County Courthouse in Groesbeck. Photo by Larry D. Moore (CC).