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Timeline Texas Counties Formed



Colonization of Texas and Mexico by Spanish to 1821

Mexico won its Independence 1821

Mexican governed Texas colony

Pre March 2, 1836 Texas was a Spanish Colony, then Mexican Colony.

1836-1845 - Republic of Texas

Post 1845 Texas joined the Union.



Texas Regions


County Formed/Organized -From County Formed/Organized -From County Formed/Organized -From County Formed/Organized -From
Anderson 1846 Houston Andrews 1876/1910 Bexar Dist Angelina 1846 Nacogdoches Aransas 1871 Refugio
Archer 1858 /1880 Fannin Dist Armstrong 1876 /1890 Bexar Atascosa Jan,1856 Bexar Austin 1837 Texas Colony
Bailey 1876 /1891 Bexar Dist Bandera 1856 Bexar, Uvalde Bastrop 1834 /1837 Mina Bastrop Colony Baylor 1858 / 1879 Fannin
Bee 1857/1858 San Patricio, Goliad, Karnes Refugio, Live Oak Bell 1850 Milam Bexar 1836 Bexar Colony Blanco 1858 Gillespie, Burnet, Comal, Hayes
Borden 1876 /1891 Bexar Dist. Bosque 1854 Milam Dist., McLennan Bowie 1836 Red River, Bowie Brazoria 1836 /1837 Brazoria Municipality
Brazos (Navasota) 1841,1842/1843 Robertson, Washington Brewster 1887 Presidio Briscoe 1876/1892 Bexar Dist. Brooks 1848 Webb, Starr
Brown 1856 Comanche, Travis Burleson 1846 Milam, Washington Burnet 1852 /1854 Bell, Travis, Williamson Caldwell 1848 Bastrop, Gonzales
Calhoun 1846 Victoria, Jackson, Callahan 1858 Bexar, Bosque, Travis Cameron 1848 Brooks, Willacy, Kenedy, Hidalgo Camp 1874 Upshur
Carson 1876 / 1888 Bexar Dist. Cass 1876 /1888 Bexar Dist. Castro 1876 / 1891Bexar Dist. Chambers 1858 Jefferson, Liberty
Cherokee 1846 Nacogdoches Childress 1876 /1887 Bexar, Young dist. Clay 1857, 1862/1873 Cooke Cochran 1876 /1924 Bexar, Young Dist.
Coke 1889 Tom Green Coleman 1858 / 1864 Brown, Travis Collin 1846 Fannin Collingsworth 1876 Bexar,Young
Colorado 1836/1837 Texas Colony Comal 1846 Bexar Comanche 1856 Bosque, Coryell Concho 1858 / 1879 Bexar
Cooke 1848 Fannin Coryell 1854 Milam Dist. Cottle 1876, 1887/1892 Fannin Crane 1887 / 1927 Tom Green
Crockett 1875 / 1891 Bexar Crosby 1876 /1886 Young, Bexar dist. Culberson 1911/1912 El Paso Dallam 1876 / 1891 Bexar Dist
Dallas 1846 Nacogdoches, Robertson Dawson 1876 Bexar Dist. DeWitt 1825 Texas Colony, Mexico Deaf Smith 1876 Bexar Dist.
Delta 1870 Lamar, Hopkins Denton 1846 Fannin Dickens 1876 /1891 Bexar Dist. Dimmit 1858 Bexar, Maverick, Uvalde, Webb
Donley' 1876 /1882 Bexar Dist. Duval 1858 / 1876 Live Oak, Nueces, Starr Eastland 1858 / 1873 Coryell, Bosque, Travis Ector 1887 /1891 Tom Green
Edwards 1858 /1883 Bexar Dist. El Paso 1849 / 1850 Bexar Dist. Ellis 1849 / 1850 Navarro Erath 1856 Bosque, Coryell
Falls 1850 Limestone, Milam Fannin 1837 /1838 Red River Republic of Texas Fayette 1837 /1838 Bastrop, Colorado Fisher 1876/1886 Bexar, Young
Floyd 21 Aug 1876 /1890 Bexar Dist. Foard 1891 Cottle, King, Knox, Hardeman Fort Bend 1837 /1838 Austin Franklin 1875 Titus
Freestone 1850 /1851 Limestone Frio 1858 Atascosa, Bexar, Uvalde Gaines 1876 /1905 Bexar Dist. Galveston 1838 /1839 Brazoria
Garza 1876 /1907 Bexar Dist. Gillespie 1848 Bexar, Travis Glasscock 1887 / 1893 Tom Green Goliad 1836 /1837Goliad Colony Spanish municipality
Gonzales 1836 /1837 Gonzales Colony Spanish Municipality Gray 1876 / 1902 Bexar Dist. Grayson 1846 Fannin Gregg 1873 Rusk, Upshur
Grimes 1846 Montgomery Guadalupe 1846/July 13,1846 Bexar Dist, Gonzales Hale 1876 Bexar Dist. Hall 1876 Bexar, Young
Hamilton 1858 Comanche, Bosque, Lampasas Hansford 1876 Bexar, Young Dist. Hardeman 1858, 1876 /1884 Fannin Hardin 1858 Jefferson, Liberty
Harris 1836 /1837 Harrisburg Harrison 1839 Republic of TX, Shelby Hartley 1876 /1891 Bexar, Young dist. Haskell 1858, 1876 /1885 Milam, Fannin
Hays Mar 1, 1848 Travis Hemphill 1876/1887 -Bexar, Young dists. Henderson 1846 -Nacogdoches, Houston Hidalgo 1852 Cameron, Starr
Hill 1853 Navarro Hockley 1876/1921 Bexar, Young Dists. Hood 1866 Johnson, Erath Hopkins 1846 Lamar, Nacogdoches
Houston 1837 Texas Colony by Rep of Texas Howard 1876 / 1882 Bexar Co. Hudspeth 1917 El Paso Hunt 1846 Fannin, Nacogdoches
Hutchinson 1876 / 1901 Bexar Dist. Irion 1889 Tom Green Jack 1856 /1857 Cooke Jackson 1836 Texas Colony, Mexican municipality
Jasper 1836 /1837 Texas Colony by Rep of Texas Jeff Davis 1887 Presidio Jefferson 1836 / 1837 Republic of Texas Jim Hogg 1913 Duval, Brooks
Jim Wells 1911, 1912 Nueces Johnson 1854 McLennan, Hill, Ellis Jones 1858, 1876 /1881 -Bexar, Bosque Karnes 1854 San Patricio, Bexar, Goliad
Kaufman 1848 Henderson Kendall 1862 Kerr, Blanco Kenedy 1921 Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy Kent 1876 /1892 Bexar,Young Dist
Kerr 1856 Bexar Kimble 1858 Bexar King 1876 /1891 Bexar Dist Kinney 1850 / 1874 Bexar
Kleberg 1913 Nueces Knox 1858,1876 /1886 Young, Bexar Dist. La Salle 1858 /1880 Bexar Dist. Lamar 1840 /1841 Red River
Lamb 1876 / 1908 Bexar Dist. Lampasas 1856 Coryell, Bell, Travis Lavaca 1846 Colorado, Jackson, Gonzales, Victoria Lee 1874 Burleson,Bastrop, Fayette, Washington
Leon 1846 Robertson Liberty 1836/1837 Texas Colony Limestone 1846 Robertson Lipscomb 1876 / 1887 Bexar Dist.
Live Oak 1856 San Patricio, Nueces Llano 1856 from Bexar Dist., Gillespie Loving 1887, 1897 /1893, 1931 Tom Green Lubbock 1876/1891 Bexar Dist.
Lynn 1876 /1903 Bexar Dist. Madison 1853 /1854 Walker, Grimes, Leon Marion 1860 Cass Martin' 1876 / 1884 Bexar Dist.
Mason 1858 Bexar,Gillespie Matagorda 1836 /1837 Spanish municipalityTexas Colony Maverick 1856/1871 Kinney McCulloch 1856/1876 Bexar Dist
McLennan 1850 -Milam McMullen 1848/1862/1877 Atascosa, Bexar, Live Oak Medina 1848 Bexar Dist. Menard 1858 /1871 Bexar
Midland 1885 Tom Green Milam 1836/1837 Milam municipality by Republic of Texas Mills 1887- Comanche, Brown, Hamilton, Lampasas Mitchell 1876 /1881- Bexar dist.
Montague 1857/1858 Cooke Co. Montgomery 1837 Republic of Texas, Harris, Liberty, Washington Moore 1876/1892 Bexar Dist. Morris 1875 Titus
Motley 1876/1891 Bexar Dist. Nacogdoches 1836/1837 Republic of Texas Navarro 1846 Robertson Newton 1846 -Jasper
Nolan 1876/1881 Bexar, Young dist. Nueces 1846 San Patricio Ochiltree 1876/1889 Bexar Dist. Oldham 1876/1880 Bexar Dist.
Orange 1852 -Jefferson Palo Pinto 1856/1857 -Bosque, Navarro Panola 1846 - Harrison, Shelby Parker 1855 -Bosque, Navarro
Parmer 1876/1907 Bexar Dist. Pecos 1871 / 1872 -Presidio Polk 1846 Liberty Potter 1876 /1887 Bexar Dist.
Presidio 1850/1875 -Bexar Dist. Rains 1870 -Hopkins, Hunt, Wood Randall 1876 / 1889 Bexar Dist. Reagan 1903 -Tom Green
Real 1913 -Bandera, Edwards, Kerr Red River 1836/1837 Republic of Texas Reeves 1883 / 1884 Pecos Refugio 1836 / 1837 Republic of Texas
Roberts 1876 Bexar Dist, Clay Robertson 1837 /1838 Robertson Colony- Republic of Texas Rockwall 1873 -Kaufman 'Runnels 1858 / 1880 Bexar dist., Travis
Rusk 1843 Nacogdoches Republic of Texas Sabine 1836/1837 an original county -Republic of Texas San Augustine 1836/1847 original from Mexican municipality, by Republic of Texas San Jacinto 1869/1870 Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, Walker
San Patricio 1836 /1837/1847 municipality, Republic of Texas San Saba 1856 -Bexar Dist. Schleicher 1887/1901 -Crockett Scurry 1876/1884 -Bexar dist.
Shackelford 1858/1874 -Bosque Shelby 1836/1837 Republic of Texas Sherman 1876/1889 -Bexar dist. Smith 1846 -Nacogdoches
Somervell 1875 Hood Starr 1848 Nueces Stephens 22 Jan, 1858 (Buchanan), rename 1861-Bosque Sterling 1891 Tom Green
Stonewall 1876/1888 -Bexar Dist. Sutton 1887 /1890 Crockett Swisher 1876/ 1890 Bexar, Young territories Tarrant Dec 1849/1850 -Navarro
Taylor 1858/ 1878 -Bexar, Travis Terrell 1905 - Pecos Terry 1876/ 1904 -Bexar Dist. Throckmorton 1858/1879 -Fannin
Titus 1846 -Red River, Bowie Tom Green 1874 /1875 Bexar Dist. Travis 1840 / 1843 Bastrop Trinity 1850 - Houston
Tyler 1846 Liberty Upshur 1846 Nacogdoches, Harrison Upton 1887 /1910 -Tom Green Uvalde 1850/1856 Bexar Dist.
Val Verde 1885 Pecos, Crockett, Kinney Van Zandt 1846 Henderson Victoria 1836 Mexican municipality Rep. of Texas Walker 1846 Montgomery
Waller 1873 Austin, Grimes Ward 1887/1892 Tom Green Washington 1836/1837 Original County Webb 1848 Nueces, Bexar
Wharton 1846 Jackson, Matagorda, Colorado Wheeler 1876/1879 Bexar, Young Dist. Wichita 1858/1882 Young Territory Wilbarger 1858/1881 Bexar Dist.
Willacy 1911.1921 Cameron, Hidalgo Williamson 1848 Milam Wilson 1860 Bexar, Karnes Winkler 1887/1910 -Tom Green
Wise 1856 Cooke Wood 1850 Van Zandt Yoakum 1876/1907 Bexar Dist. Young 1856 /1874 Bosque, Fannin
Zapata 1858Starr, Webb Zavala 1858/1884 Maverick, Uvalde


Defunct Counties


*(d) Buchel Date formed Date County retired
(d) Buchel Mar 15, 1887 1897
(d) Encinal February 1,1856 March 12, 1899
(d) Foley March, 1887 1897
(d) Perdido 1820's,Texas was a colony 1850
(d) Santa Fe Mar 15, 1848 Nov 25, 1850
(d) Wegefarth June 2, 1873 August 21, 1876







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