where is cameron county
Cameron County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 406,220. Its county seat is Brownsville. The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition. Cameron County is part of the Brownsvilleâ Harlingen, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the BrownsvilleâHarlingenâ Raymondville, TX Combined Statistical Area.