Waller County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 56,794. Its county seat is Hempstead. The county was named for Edwin Waller, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first mayor of Austin.
Waller County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. It is home of the Prairie View A&M University.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (0.8%) are covered by water.
Adjacent counties
- Grimes County (north)
- Montgomery County (northeast)
- Harris County (east)
- Fort Bend County (south)
- Austin County (west)
- Washington County (northwest)
Communities
Cities
- Brookshire
- Hempstead (county seat)
- Katy (partly in Harris and Fort Bend Counties)
- Pattison
- Prairie View
- Waller (partly in Harris County)
Town
- Pine Island
Unincorporated areas
- Fields Store
- Monaville
- Second Corinth
- Shiloh
- Sunny Side