In fact, Williamson was the nation's sixth fastest-growing county last year, while Hays ranked 10th.
It's the 13th fastest growing county in the country in population over the past six years.
Once the leading cotton-growing county in the United States, it has now become one of the biggest steel-producing counties.
Thomas is also trying to keep his feet on the ground, despite the growing excitement around the County Ground.
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Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said there was a growing need in the county to "manage additions to the grid more carefully".
Although Oak Ridge was only incorporated in 1998, the town has experienced remarkable growth and claims to be the fastest growing city in the county.
In 2000, Democratic Unionist Party councillors objected to the proposal because of alleged derogatory remarks Neeson made about his experiences growing up in the County Antrim town.
He looked at some of the fastest-growing areas of the country and wants Republicans to focus on Loudon County, which might decide Virginia, or other fast-growing areas that could decide Ohio, Florida and Georgia.
There is growing concern about the status of the County Championship in the modern game.
"It is not a rosy picture but we are growing rapidly and the people of this county have been extremely generous, " he said.
As a kid growing up in Connecticut's Fairfield County, he was a theater geek with an asymmetrical skater haircut and a bedroom full of Stephen King and Dean Koontz novels.
Meanwhile, Dr Marion Lyons, head of the vaccination programme for PHW, told BBC Wales of worries about the growing number of cases in the old county of Montgomeryshire, where 50 have been reported recently in Welshpool.
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Speaking at the British Association's Festival of Science, Professor James said the county of Kent, famous for growing apples, had already lost 30% of its orchards in the last five years and time was running out.
While many traditional malls in North America are getting squeezed by a big-box era that includes the likes of Wal-Mart Stores, Best Buy and Target in nearly every county, Asia's rapidly growing economy has spawned a new wave of consumers looking for places to shop and play.
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In Orange County, California, intra-communal rancor is growing over the local Jewish Federation's financial and organizational support for University of California at Irvine's Olive Tree Initiative.
His elevation to national coaching circles began in 2001 when he took charge of the England A tour to the West Indies, and Sussex's historic County Championship triumph two years later served to enhance a growing reputation.
Because growing seasons are short in the harsh winters of Wisconsin, the county has helped set up processing centers where squash can be canned or carrots can be kept fresh for a day and cut up before delivery.
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The growing cavern underneath their bedroom is reminiscent of another sinkhole in nearby Hillsborough County that claimed the life of Jeff Bush.
After growing up in the 1960s in Charles City, Iowa, a rural county seat known for its tornadoes and tractor factory (now a vacant site), brothers Charley and Pete Thomson were happy to move on.
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"These educational and business initiatives in a growing technological field will enhance manufacturing opportunity both locally and throughout the Hudson Valley, " said Ulster County Executive Mike Hein.
Yet the county encompasses much more: agricultural pockets in the northwest, retiree havens along the coast and a growing Hispanic population in the southwest.
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