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Physical Features: Rolling in north and east, draining to bottoms along Brazos, Navasota rivers; sandy soils, heavy in bottoms; Lake Limestone, Twin Oaks Reservoir, Camp Creek Reservoir.

Economy: Agribusiness, government/services, oil and gas.

History: Tawakoni, Waco, Comanche, and other tribes. Anglo-Americans arrived in the 1820s. Antebellum slaveholding area. County created in 1837, organized in 1838, subdivided into many others later; named for pioneer Sterling Clack Robertson.

Race/Ethnicity: (In percent) Anglo, 57.5; Black, 20.5; Hispanic, 20.9; Asian, 0.7; Other, 1.1; Two or more races, 1.5.

Vital Statistics, annual: Births, 211; deaths, 173; marriages, 98; divorces, 25.

Recreation: Hunting, fishing; historic sites; dogwood trails, wildlife preserves.

Minerals: Gas, oil, lignite coal.

Agriculture: Poultry, beef cattle, cotton, hay, corn; 20,000 acres of cropland irrigated. Market value $136.4 million.

FRANKLIN (1,685) county seat; oil and gas, power plants, agriculture; Carnegie library.

HEARNE (4,648) railroad center; depot museum, historic homes, World War II POW camp; October Sticks & Stones golf and dominoes (Texas 42) tournament.

Other towns include: Bremond (958) mining, agriculture, power utilities, library, museum, Polish Days in late June; Calvert (1,151) agriculture, tourism, antiques, Maypole festival, tour of homes; Mumford (170); New Baden (150); Wheelock (225).

Downtown Calvert. Photo by Elizabeth Alvarez.