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Dawson County (defunct), Texas (1858–1866, became parts of Uvalde and Kinney counties; not to be confused with present-day Dawson County) Davis County (1861–1871), reverted to previously named Cass County; Encinal County (1856–1899, absorbed by Webb County) Foley County (1887–1897, formed from part of Presidio County, absorbed by ...
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Perdido County, Texas. Perdido County (from the Spanish word for "lost") was the name of a now defunct county in Texas. Created in the 1820s, prior to the Texas Revolution, the county was all but forgotten in the post-revolution land grants and general confusion of the following decades. It was thought to be abolished in 1858, but was not ...
Wegefarth County, Texas. Worth County, Texas. Categories: Texas counties. History of Texas. Former counties of the United States. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
e. Wegefarth County was a Texas county established on June 2, 1873, from Bexar and Young territories and abolished on August 21, 1876. The county shared boundaries with Hardeman County, Indian Territory, and with Greer County which was subject to a territorial dispute between Texas and the U.S. government which maintained that Greer County ...
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places. County.
January 3 – November 25, 1850. Named for. William Jenkins Worth. Seat. Valverde. Worth County was a Texas county which was established by the state legislature from territory previously belonging to Santa Fe County, Texas on January 3, 1850. Val Verde (later the site of the Civil War Battle of Valverde) [1] [2] was established as the county seat.
Corpus Christi, Texas. Corpus Christi (/ ˌkɔːrpəs ˈkrɪsti / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for ' Body of Christ ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. It is 130 miles (210 km ...