Timeline for Texas Counties

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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

*(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