County · code 48449
Titus CountyTexas
Titus County is a county in Texas with its seat in Mount Pleasant. It was created on May 11, 1846, from Bowie and Red River counties and named after Andrew Jackson Titus.
- Founded1846
- County seatMount Pleasant
- Named forAndrew Jackson Titus
- Land area406 sq mi + 20 sq mi water
- Population31,247 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped20,530 checked 15 October 2026
Where it is
Titus on the map of Texas
Texas has 254 counties and county equivalents, each with its own records office. Shapes with a page are links.
History
Formed in 1846 from Bowie County and Red River County
An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.
Titus was created from Bowie and Red River counties and Non-County Area 11, and fully organized by July 13, 1846. In 1860 it lost territory to the creation of Marion County, and in 1875 it lost more territory to the creation of Franklin and Morris counties.
- 1846Titus County created Titus created from Bowie, Red River, and Non-County Area 11; Non-County Area 11 eliminated, Titus not fully organized. · Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 198
- 1846Changed Titus fully organized. · Kennedy, 163
- 1860Lost territory Titus lost to creation of Marion. · Texas Laws 1859, 8th leg., reg. sess., gen., ch. 48/pp. 57-59
- 1869Changed Titus authorized by Constitutional Convention to lose to creation of Latimer (proposed); creation did not take effect.Latimer· Gammel, 6: "Ordinances Constitutional Convention 1868," 110
- 1875Lost territory Titus lost to creation of Franklin and Morris. · Texas Laws 1875, 14th leg., 2d sess., chs. 81-82/pp. 95-99
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Titus
Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.
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Parcels Good enough
Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 20,530 parcels from Titus County. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
edited 15 October 2026 · checked 15 October 2026 -
Address points Official
One point per address, 15,184 in all from Texas Geographic Information Office (TxGIO, formerly TNRIS), a division of the Texas Water Development Board; StratMap program.
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Buildings Reference
Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026
- Official
- from the office that keeps the record
- Good enough
- a reliable statewide or national copy
- Fallback
- a guide only; check the official record
- Missing
- nothing public found yet
People and land
Titus by the Census
Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Rules and offices
Who to ask before you build, dig or sell
Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.
Records
County government
- County government
The official website of Titus County.
See your own lot on these maps
Open Titus County on Parcel Chart's free map and click your parcel. Save it with a free account; the full record of your place (site map, projects, documents) is Pro, in early access.
Questions
Common questions about Titus County
- When was Titus County founded?
- Titus County was founded in 1846, formed from Bowie County and Red River County, and named after Andrew Jackson Titus.
- What is the county seat of Titus County?
- The county seat of Titus County is Mount Pleasant.
- Is there an online parcel map for Titus County?
- Yes. Titus County publishes a parcel map of 20,530 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Titus County's boundary or name changed?
- Titus County was created in 1846 from Bowie County and Red River County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 4 later changes, chiefly involving Franklin County, Latimer County and Marion County.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Titus County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.
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