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Brooks County

county in Texas, United States
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Summary

Brooks County is a county of Texas[1]. It draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (county of texas category, ranking #76 of 258).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Falfurrias[5]
  • Shares border with: Duval County[6], Jim Wells County[7], Kleberg County[8], Kenedy County[9], Hidalgo County[10], Starr County[11], Jim Hogg County[12]
  • Named after: James Brooks[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Falfurrias[14]
  • Commons category: Brooks County, Texas[15]
  • Inception: January 1, 1911[16]
  • Coordinate location: 27.04, -98.21[17]
  • Official website: http://www.co.brooks.tx.us[18], https://www.co.brooks.tx.us/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Brooks County, Texas[20]
  • Population: 7223[21], 7207[22], 7209[23], 7175[24], 7237[25], 7230[26], 7076[27]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooks County, Texas[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Q111630464[29]
  • Number of households: 2475[30]
  • Native label: Brooks County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110234[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Brooks County, Texas[33]
  • Different from: Brooks County[34], Brooke County[35]
  • Area: 2444[36]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.03[37]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Brooks County, Texas[38]
  • Per capita income: 15,817[39]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Brooks County, Texas.tab[40]

Why It Matters

Brooks County has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Brooks County, Texa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Brooks County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22222512
    Umls cui → C3812652
    Taxonomicon id → 1807820
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Texas
    Official website → http://www.co.brooks.tx.us, https://www.co.brooks.tx.us/
    Category for people who died here → Q111630464
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Falfurrias
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110234, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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