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Texas
The only state that was an Independent Republic before statehood
entered Statehood 29 Dec 1845 as the 28th State

Texas seceded from the U.S. on 01 Feb 1861. It was the 7th of 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America. CSA, also known as the Confederacy, was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War.

Texas Counties
by: Partial Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts


Texas Counties Year Formed From - County Seat
Bexar 1836 Original County San Antonio
Harris* 1836 Original County Houston
Jasper 1836 Original County Jasper
Nacogdoches 1836 Original County Nacogdoches
Sabine 1836 Original County Hemphill
San Augustine 1836 Original County San Augustine
Shelby 1836 Original County Center
Red River 1837 Original County Clarksville
Galveston 1838 Brazoria & Liberty Counties Galveston
Harrison 1839 Shelby Marshall
Bowie 1840 Red River County New Boston
Travis 1840 Bastrop Austin
Hays 1843 Travis San Marcos
Rusk 1843 Nacogdoches Henderson
Anderson 1846 Houston County Palestine
Angelina 1846 Nacogdoches Lufkin
Cass 1846 Bowie Linden
Cherokee 1846 Nacogdoches Rusk
Dallas 1846 Nacogdoches & Robertson Dallas
Navarro 1846 Robertson Corsicana
Newton 1846 Jasper Newton
Panola 1846 Harrison & Shelby Carthage
Smith 1846 Nacogdoches Tyler
Titus 1846 Bowie & Red River Mt Pleasant
Upshur 1846 Harrison & Nacogdoches Gilmer
Collin 1846 Fannin McKinney
Kaufman 1848 Henderson Kaufman
Van Zandt 1848 Henderson Canton
Tarrant 1849 Navarro Ft Worth
Wood 1850 Van Zandt Quitman
Orange 1852 Jefferson Orange
Gregg 1873 Upshur & Rusk Longview
Camp 1874 Upshur Pittsburg
Morris 1875 Titus Daingerfield
Hemphill 1876 Bexar, Clay & Young Canadian
Randall** 1876 Bexar & Young Canyon

Texas Counties - Alphabetical

Texas Counties Year
Anderson 1846
Andrews 1876
Angelina 1846
Aransas 1871
Archer 1858
Armstrong 1876
Atascosa 1856
Austin 1837
Bailey 1876
Bandera 1856
Bastrop 1836
Baylor 1858
Bee 1857
Bell 1850
Bexar 1836
Blanco 1858
Borden 1876
Bosque 1854
Bowie 1840
Brazoria 1836
Brazos 1841
Brewster 1887
Briscoe 1876
Brooks 1911
Brown 1856
Buchanan* 1858
Burleson 1846
Burnet 1852
Caldwell 1848
Calhoun 1846
Callahan 1858
Cameron 1848
Camp 1874
Carson 1876
Cass 1846
Castro 1876
Chambers 1858
Cherokee 1846
Childress 1876
Clay 1857
Cochran 1876
Coke 1889
Coleman 1858
Collin 1846
Collingsworth 1876
Colorado 1836
Comal 1846
Comanche 1856
Concho 1858
Cooke 1848
Coryell 1854
Cottle 1876
Crane 1887
Crockett 1875
Crosby 1876
Culberson 1911
Dallam 1876
Dallas 1846
Davis* 1861
Dawson 1876
Deaf Smith 1876
Delta 1870
Denton 1846
DeWitt 1846
Dickens 1876
Dimmit 1858
Donley 1876
Duval 1858
Texas Counties Year
Eastland 1858
Encinal* 1856
Ector 1887
Edwards 1858
Ellis 1849
El Paso 1849
Erath 1856
Falls 1850
Fannin 1837
Fayette 1837
Fisher 1876
Floyd 1876
Foard 1891
Fort Bend 1837
Franklin 1875
Freestone 1850
Frio 1871
Gaines 1876
Galveston 1838
Garza 1876
Gillespie 1848
Glasscock 1887
Goliad 1836
Gonzales 1836
Gray 1876
Grayson 1846
Greer* 1860
Gregg 1873
Grimes 1846
Guadalupe 1846
Hale 1876
Hall 1876
Hamilton 1842
Hansford 1876
Hardeman 1876
Hardin 1858
Harris 1836
Harrisburg* 1836
Harrison 1839
Hartley 1876
Haskell 1858
Hays 1843
Hemphill 1876
Henderson 1846
Hidalgo 1852
Hill 1853
Hockley 1876
Hood 1866
Hopkins 1846
Houston 1837
Howard 1876
Hudspeth 1917
Hunt 1846
Hutchinson 1876
Irion 1889
Jack 1856
Jackson 1835
Jasper 1836
Jeff Davis 1887
Jefferson 1837
Jim Hogg 1913
Jim Wells 1911
Johnson 1854
Jones 1876
Texas Counties Year
Karnes 1854
Kaufman 1848
Kendall 1862
Kennedy 1921
Kent 1876
Kerr 1856
Kimble 1858
King 1876
Kinney 1850
Kleberg 1913
Knox 1876
Lamar 1840
Lamb 1876
Lampasas 1856
La Salle 1858
Lavaca 1846
Lee 1874
Leon 1846
Liberty 1836
Limestone 1846
Lipscomb 1876
Live Oak 1856
Llano 1856
Loving 1887
Lubbock 1876
Lynn 1876
Madison 1853
Marion 1860
Martin 1876
Mason 1858
Matagorda 1837
Maverick 1856
McCulloch 1856
McLennan 1850
McMullen 1858
Medina 1848
Menard 1858
Midland 1885
Milam 1836
Miller 1820
Mills 1887
Mitchell 1876
Montague 1857
Montgomery 1837
Moore 1876
Morris 1875
Motley 1876
Nacogdoches 1836
Navarro 1846
Newton 1846
Nolan 1876
Nueces 1846
Ochiltree 1876
Oldham 1876
Orange 1852
Palo Pinto 1856
Panola 1846
Parker 1855
Parmer 1876
Pecos 1871
Polk 1848
Potter 1876
Presidio 1850
Texas Counties Year
Rains 1870
Randall 1876
Reagan  1903
Real 1913
Red River 1837
Reeves 1883
Refugio 1836
Roberts 1876
Robertson 1837
Rockwall 1873
Runnels 1858
Rusk 1843
Sabine 1836
San Augustine 1836
San Jacinto 1869
San Patricio 1836
San Saba 1856
Schleicher 1887
Scurry 1876
Shackelford 1858
Shelby 1836
Sherman 1876
Smith 1846
Somervell 1875
Starr 1848
Stephens 1858
Sterling 1891
Stonewall 1876
Sutton 1887
Swisher 1876
Tarrant 1849
Taylor 1858
Terrell 1905
Terry 1876
Throckmorton 1858
Titus 1846
Tom Green 1874
Travis 1840
Trinity 1850
Tyler 1846
Upshur 1846
Upton 1887
Uvalde 1850
Val Verde 1885
Van Zandt 1848
Victoria 1836
Walker 1846
Waller 1873
Ward 1887
Washington 1836
Webb 1848
Wharton 1846
Wheeler 1876
Wichita 1858
Wilbarger 1858
Willacy 1911
Williamson 1848
Wilson 1860
Winkler 1887
Wise 1856
Wood 1850
Yoakum 1876
Young 1856
Zapata 1858
Zavala 1858

* Counties no longer exist
  • Buchanan formed 1858 renamed Stephens 1861
  • Cibolo formed from Wilson
  • Davis formed as Cass County - Named Davis 1861-1871 - Renamed Cass
  • Encinal formed 1856 - never organized - abolished 1899 & incorporated into Webb
  • Greer formed 1860 from Young - Organized 1886 - now located in Oklahoma
  • Harrisburg formed 1836 as an original county - renamed 1840 to Harris
  • Miller formed 1820 in the Arkansas Territory - after an 1828 boundary change moved the boundaries of Old Miller County, Arkansas into Texas it formed as Red River County 1836
**In the 1870s the slaughter of the buffalo and the battle of Palo Duro Canyon drove the Plains Indians from the area and opened it up to settlement. Randall County was separated from Bexar County in 1876. and named for (son of Sarah "Sallie" KYLE) Horace RANDAL 1833-1864, Confederate brigadier general, who died of wounds on 02 May 1864, he received at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas, on 30 Apr 1864. A clerical error doubled the "L" in the name. Settlement began in 1876 when Charles GOODNIGHT drove 1,600 cattle into Palo Duro Canyon and established his Old Home Ranch as the first JA Ranch headquarters.

Texas Facts

  • Capital: Austin
  • Entered the Union: 29 Dec 1845
  • As the 28th state
  • Nickname: Lone Star State
  • Flower: Bluebonnet
  • Bird: Mockingbird
  • Song: Texas, Our Texas
  • Origin of Name: From a Native American word meaning friends
  • Historical Sites:
    • The Alamo in San Antonio
    • and numerous historical sites throughout the state
  • Points of Interest:
    • Gulf Coast resort area
    • Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston
    • State capital in Austin
    • The Big Bend
    • Guadalupe Mountains National Parks.
  • Bordering States:
    • Arkansas
    • Louisiana
    • New Mexico
    • Oklahoma

States Where My Ancestors Were Found

Alabama | Arkansas | Georgia | Louisiana | Maryland | Mississippi
North Carolina | South Carolina |
Tennessee | Texas |Virginia


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