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==== Parent County ==== | ==== Parent County ==== | ||
'''1858--'''Chambers County was created 12 February 1858 from [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson]] and [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1229133738734_870" />]]Counties. '''County seat:''' Anahuac <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> | '''1858--'''Chambers County was created 12 February 1858 from [[Jefferson County, Texas Genealogy|Jefferson]] and [[Liberty County, Texas Genealogy|Liberty <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1229133738734_870" />]]Counties. '''County seat:''' Anahuac <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> | ||
The county was named for Thomas Jefferson Chambers, (1802-1865), a lawyer and land speculator, was born in Orange County, Virginia, on April 13, 1802, the youngest of twenty children of Thomas Chambers and the ninth of his second wife, Mary (Gore). | The county was named for Thomas Jefferson Chambers, (1802-1865), a lawyer and land speculator, was born in Orange County, Virginia, on April 13, 1802, the youngest of twenty children of Thomas Chambers and the ninth of his second wife, Mary (Gore). | ||
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==== Populated Places ==== | ==== Populated Places ==== | ||
Anahuac | Baytown (mostly in [[Harris County, Texas|Harris]] County) | Beach City | Cove | Hankamer | Monroe City | Mont Belview | Oak Island | Old River-Winfree | Seabreeze | Smith Point | Stowell | Turtle Bayou | Wallisville | Winnie | Anahuac | Baytown (mostly in [[Harris County, Texas Genealogy|Harris]] County) | Beach City | Cove | Hankamer | Monroe City | Mont Belview | Oak Island | Old River-Winfree | Seabreeze | Smith Point | Stowell | Turtle Bayou | Wallisville | Winnie | ||
==== Neighboring Counties ==== | ==== Neighboring Counties ==== | ||
[[Galveston County, Texas|Galveston]] {{•}} [[Harris County, Texas|Harris]] {{•}} [[Jefferson County, Texas|Jefferson]] {{•}} [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty]] | [[Galveston County, Texas Genealogy|Galveston]] {{•}} [[Harris County, Texas Genealogy|Harris]] {{•}} [[Jefferson County, Texas Genealogy|Jefferson]] {{•}} [[Liberty County, Texas Genealogy|Liberty]] | ||
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