 mcmullen county is a county located in the u.s. state of texas. as of the 2010 census, its population was 707, making it the fifth-least populous county in texas. its county seat is tilden. the county was officially established from parts of bexar, atascosa, and live oak counties in 1858. it is named for john mcmullen, founder of a colony in texas. the mcmullen county courthouse was designed by the architect william charles stephenson, originally from buffalo, new york. stephenson also designed some fifty buildings in beeville, including the bee county courthouse. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.5%) is water. ===major highways=== *20px u.s. highway 59 (us 59 briefly travels through the far extreme southeastern corner of mcmullen county) **23px the future route of interstate 69w is planned to follow the current route of us 59 in most places. *20px state highway 16 *20px state highway 72 *20px state highway 97 *20px farm to market road 99 *23px farm to market road 624 *23px farm to market road 791 *24px farm to market road 1582 ===adjacent counties=== *atascosa county (north) *live oak county (east) *duval county (south) *[[webb county, texas|webb cou
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