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Tom Green County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 110,224.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48451.html )〕 Its county seat is San Angelo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was created in 1874 and organized the following year. Tom Green County is included in the San Angelo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. ==History== The county was established by the state legislature on March 13, 1874, and named after Thomas Green, a Confederate brigadier general. It originally comprised an area over . The original county seat was the town of Ben Ficklin. In 1882, flood waters of the Concho River destroyed the town and drowned 65 people. The county seat was moved to San(ta) Angela. In 1883, the town's name was officially changed to San Angelo by the United States Post Office. Tom Green County has an unusual shape, with a long, narrow strip of land extending to the west. This feature is because Reagan County to the west used to be part of Tom Green County, and the state of Texas required that all counties have a contiguous land route to their county seat. Therefore, the small strip of land served to connect the two main regions. In 1903, the residents of the western section voted to form their own county (Reagan County), while in the same vote it was decided that the connecting strip would remain as part of Tom Green County.〔http://www.reporternews.com/lifestyle/ask-doug-shaping-tom-green-county〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Green County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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