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Val Verde County is a county located on the southern Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population is 47,586. [1] Its county seat is Del Rio. [2] The Del Rio micropolitan statistical area includes all of Val Verde County. Val Verde, which means "green valley", [3] was named for a battle of the Civil War.
Seven Mile Ranch Archeological District: Seven Mile Ranch Archeological District: November 16, 1990 : Address restricted [6] Comstock: 10: Val Verde County Courthouse And Jail: Val Verde County Courthouse And Jail: August 18, 1977 : 400 Pecan St.
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Del Rio is the principal city of the Del Rio micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Val Verde County; [13] the micropolitan area had an estimated population over 50,000 in 2007. [14] Located across from Del Rio, in the Mexican state of Coahuila , is the city of Ciudad Acuña, with a city population of 201,161.
On February 21, 1857, the state was divided into two districts, Eastern and Western, with Judge Watrous continuing in the Eastern district. [3] Judge Watrous and Judge Thomas H. DuVal, of the Western District of Texas, left the state on the secession of Texas from the Union, the only two federal judges not to resign their posts in states that ...
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It was founded in 1868 and given the name Valverde after the Civil War fight that two Milam County companies fought in New Mexico. James Pittman Whittington gave the community land for a church and a cemetery. 25 people lived in Val Verde in 2000. [2] The community was featured in the Geoff Mack song I've Been Everywhere.