List of Texas County Seat Name Etymologies

County Seat	County	Named for
Hallettsville	Lavaca	Settler, widow, and donor Margaret L. Hallett
Hamilton	Hamilton	James Hamilton, Jr., the former governor of South Carolina who gave financial aid to the Republic of Texas
Haskell	Haskell	Charles Ready Haskell, a soldier killed in the Goliad massacre
Hebbronville	Jim Hogg	James Richard Hebbron, a local rancher, who donated land for the town's railroad station.
Hemphill	Sabine	John Hemphill, an early Texas judge and legal scholar, and later a United States Senator
Hempstead	Waller	Dr. G.S.B. Hempstead of Portsmouth, Ohio, brother-in-law of town co-founder Dr. Richard Rodgers Peebles
Henderson	Rusk	James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas
Henrietta	Clay	Uncertain: The law creating Clay County stated the county seat must be named Henrietta. One theory is that Henrietta was intended as the feminized form of county namesake Henry Clay.
Hereford	Deaf Smith	The Hereford cattle brought to the area by early ranchers
Hillsboro	Hill	George W. Hill, Texan Secretary of War and Marine, surgeon, and early settler of the area
Hondo	Medina	Named for the nearby Hondo Creek. Hondo in Spanish means deep.
Houston	Harris	General Sam Houston, commander at the Battle of San Jacinto, and later President of the Republic of Texas and Governor and Senator for the state of Texas
Huntsville	Walker	Postmaster Ephraim Gray's hometown of Huntsville, Alabama