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Webb County is a county located in the state of Texas. As
of the 2020 census, its population was 267,114. Its county
seat is Laredo. The county was named after James Webb
(1792–1856), who served as secretary of the treasury,
secretary of state, and attorney general of the Republic of
Texas, and later judge of the United States District Court
following the admission of Texas to statehood. By area, Webb
County is the largest county in South Texas and the
sixth-largest in the state. Webb County comprises the Laredo
metropolitan area. Webb County is the only county in the
United States to border three foreign states or provinces,
sharing borders with Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. |
