 Red River County was the birthplace of John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States.Red River County is represented, as of January 2015, in the Texas House of Representatives by the Republican Gary VanDeaver, the former superintendent of the New Boston Independent School District in New Boston, Texas.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.9%) is water.