The Brazos River makes up the eastern border, along with the Lake Whitney reservoir it feeds.

About a decade previous, some members of the ill-fated Texan Santa-Fe Expedition of 1841, which passed through the area, chose to stay.

In 1850, the Universal Immigration Company of England purchased land for a townsite on the west side of the Brazos.

After several years, 30 families were sent over by the company to settle the land, but the newly established community barely survived the first winter, suffering a number of fatalities.

Eventually, the town of Kent dissolved, with most of the settlers choosing to go elsewhere, including some who returned to England.

[5] The first election included 3 ballot boxes: one at the junction of Steele Creek and the Brazos River, one in Meridian, and another at a live oak between Clifton and Valley Mills.

They elected the following county officers: L. H. Scrutchfield, Judge; P. Bryant, Sheriff; J. N. Mabray, Clerk; Isaac Gary, Assessor and Collector; Archabal Kell, Treasurer.

A Williams Institute analysis of 2010 census data found about 2.5 same-sex couples per 1,000 households in the county.

Local media outlets include: KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, and KFWD-TV.

Although located in Central Texas and a neighboring county of the Waco and Killeen – Temple – Fort Hood metropolitan areas.