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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
|
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States Where My
Ancestors Were Found
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| Georgia | Louisiana
| Maryland | Mississippi
North Carolina | South Carolina |
Tennessee
| Texas |Virginia
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