 Republican Drew Springer, Jr., a businessman from Muenster in Cooke County, has since January 2013 represented Garza County in the Texas House of Representatives.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.3%) are covered by water.As of the census of 2000, 4,872 people, 1,663 households, and 1,217 families resided in the county.