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Hall County

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Hall County includes the following cities and towns: Memphis (county seat), Brice, Estelline, Lakeview, Lesley, Newlin, Parnell, Plaska, & Turkey

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Hall County Fun Facts

Hall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. Its county seat is Memphis. Hall County is named for Warren D. C. Hall, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas.

The town of Turkey in Hall County is considered the home town of the late Western Swing performer Bob Wills. A Bob Wills Day celebration is held there the last Saturday in April.

Hall County is also the birthplace of blues musician William Daniel McFalls, better known as Blues Boy Willie.

Republican U.S. Representative William Mac Thornberry is a Hall County native. So was Republican Daniel I.J. Thornton, a rancher and the governor of Colorado from 1951 to 1955.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 904 square miles (2,341.3 km2), of which 903 square miles (2,338.8 km2) is land and 1 square mile (2.6 km2) (0.11%) is water.