Karnes County, Texas
[2] The county is named for Henry Karnes, a soldier in the Texas Revolution.[3] The former San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway passed through Karnes County in its connection linking San Antonio with Corpus Christi.[4] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 14,710 people, 4,552 households, and 3,156 families residing in the county.24.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.Around 2008 ConocoPhillips drilled a well in Karnes County and struck oil, causing an economic boom.
CountyNamed forHenry KarnesKarnes CityKenedyTime zoneUTC−6CentralUTC−5U.S. state2020 censuscounty seatTexas RevolutionSan Antonio and Aransas Pass RailwaySan AntonioCorpus ChristiU.S. Census BureauU.S. Highway 181State Highway 72State Highway 80State Highway 123State Highway 239Gonzales CountyDeWitt CountyGoliad CountyBee CountyLive Oak CountyAtascosa CountyWilson CountyBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanAlaska NativePacific IslanderOther raceMixed race or MultiracialHispanic or Latino2020 United States censuscensuspopulation densityracial makeupAsian Americantwo or more racesHispanic or Latino Americanmarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineConocoPhillipsFalls CityCestohowaChoateEcletoGillettHobsonPanna MariaHelenaWintergreenRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)Falls City Independent School DistrictKarnes City Independent School DistrictKenedy Independent School DistrictNixon-Smiley Consolidated Independent School DistrictNordheim Independent School DistrictPawnee Independent School DistrictPettus Independent School DistrictRunge Independent School DistrictCoastal Bend CollegeNational Register of Historic Places listings in Karnes County, TexasUS Census BureauUnited States Census BureauHouston ChronicleHandbook of TexasCitiesPawelekvilleGhost townsCounties of TexasAndersonAndrewsAngelinaAransasArcherArmstrongAtascosaAustinBaileyBanderaBastropBaylorBlancoBordenBosqueBrazoriaBrazosBrewsterBriscoeBrooksBurlesonBurnetCaldwellCalhounCallahanCameronCarsonCastroChambersCherokeeChildressCochranColemanCollinCollingsworthColoradoComancheConchoCoryellCottleCrockettCrosbyCulbersonDallamDallasDawsonDeaf SmithDentonDeWitt