Anderson County is a county of Texas located within East Texas. Its county seat is Palestine Anderson County was organized in 1846 and was named after Kenneth Lewis Anderson (1805–1845), the last vice president of the Republic of Texas. Located in East Texas, Anderson County is the 56th largest of the 254 counties in Texas by land area at 1,062.3 sq. miles of land with a population of 57,922 residents resulting in a population density of 54.52 people per sq. mile. Incorporated cities in Anderson County include the county seat of Palestine, Elkhart, and Frankston. Anderson County falls within the 11th Texas congressional districts and the 3rd Texas senatorial district.
