Texas County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Anderson | 1846 Mar 24 | Details | Houston | none |
| Andrews | 1875 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Angelina | 1846 Apr 21 | Details | Nacogdoches | none |
| Aransas | 1871 Sep 18 | Details | Refugio | none |
| Archer | 1858 Jan 22 | Details | Fannin | none |
| Armstrong | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Atascosa | 1856 Jan 25 | Details | Bexar | Frio 1858, McMullen 1858 |
| Austin | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Municipality | Fort Bend 1837, Waller 1873 |
| Bailey | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Bandera | 1856 Jan 25 | Details | Uvalde, Bexar | Real 1913 |
| Bastrop | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Fayette 1837, Lee 1874, Travis 1840 |
| Baylor | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Fannin | none |
| Bee | 1857 Dec 08 | Details | Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio | |
| Bell | 1850 Jan 22 | Details | Milam | Burnet 1852, Coryell 1854, Lampasas 1856 |
| Bexar | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | 1840s: Comal 1846, Gillespie 1848, Guadalupe 1846, Medina 1848, Presidio, 1850, Uvalde 1850, Webb 1848, El Paso 1850, Kinney 1850 |
| Bexar | bove ab se | Details | see above | 1850s: Atascosa 1856, Callahan 1858, Concho 1858, Dimmit 1858, Edwards 1858, Frio 1858, Jones 1858, Karnes 1854, Kerr 1856, Kimble 1858, Knox 1858, LaSalle 1858, Llano 1856, Mason 1858, McMullen 1858, Menard 1858, Runnels 1858, San Saba 1856, Taylor 1858, Wilbarger 1858, Wilson 1860, Bandera 1856 |
| Bexar | bove ab se | Details | see above | Andrews 1875, Crockett 1875, Tom Green 1874 |
| Bexar | bove ab se | Details | see above | 1876: Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Howard, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, Yoakum |
| Blanco | 1858 Feb 12 | Details | Burnet, Comal, hays, Gillespie | Kendall 1862 |
| Borden | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Bosque | 1854 Feb 04 | Details | McLennan, Milam District | Callahan 1858, Comache 1856, Erath 1856, Eastland 1858, Hamilton 1842, Jones 1858, Palo Pinto 1856, Parker 1855, Shackelfold 1856, Stephens 1858, Throckmorton 1858, Young 1856 |
| Bowie | 1840 Dec 17 | Details | Red River | Cass 1846, Titus 1846 |
| Brazoria | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Galveston 1838 |
| Brazos | 1842 Jan 28 | Details | renamed from Navasto | none |
| Brewster | 1887 Feb 02 | Details | Presidio | none |
| Briscoe | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Brooks | 1911 Mar 11 | Details | Starr, Zapata, Hidalgo | Jim Hogg 1913 |
| Brown | 1856 Aug 27 | Details | Travis, Comache | Coleman 1858, Mills 1887 |
Buchanan
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Bosque | renamed Stephens 1861 | ||
| Burleson | 1846 Mar 24 | Details | Milam, Washington | Lee 1874 |
| Burnet | 1852 Feb 05 | Details | Bell, Lampasas, Travis, Williamson | Blanco 1858 |
| Caldwell | 1848 Mar 06 | Details | Gonzales | none |
| Calhoun | 1846 Apr 04 | Details | Jackson, Matagorda, Victoria | none |
| Callahan | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Bosque, Milam, Travis | none |
| Cameron | 1848 Feb 12 | Details | Nueces | Hidalgo 1852, Kenedy 1921, Willacy 1911 |
| Camp | 1874 Apr 06 | Details | Upshur | none |
| Carson | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Cass | 1846 Apr 25 | Details | Bowie renamed from Davis |
renamed Davis 1861 |
| Castro | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Chambers | 1858 Feb 12 | Details | Jefferson, Liberty | none |
| Cherokee | 1846 Apr 11 | Details | Nacogdoches | none |
| Childress | 1876 Apr 11 | Details | Bexar, Fannin, Young | none |
| Clay | 1857 Dec 24 | Details | Cooke | none |
| Cochran | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Coke | 1889 Mar 13 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Coleman | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Travis, Brown | none |
| Collin | 1846 Apr 03 | Details | Fannin | none |
| Collingsworth | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Fannin, Young | none |
| Colorado | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Fayette 1837, Lavaca 1846, Lee 1874, Wharton 1846 |
| Comal | 1846 Mar 24 | Details | Bexar, Gonzales, Travis | Blanco 1858 |
| Comanche | 1856 Jan 25 | Details | Bosque, Coryell | Brown 1856, Hamilton 1842, Mills 1887 |
| Concho | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Cooke | 1848 Mar 20 | Details | Fannin | Clay 1857, jack 1856, Montague 1857, Wise 1856 |
| Coryell | 1854 Feb 04 | Details | Bell, McLennan | Comanche 1856, Eastland 1858, Erath 1856, Hamilton 1842 |
| Cottle | 1876 Aug 11 | Details | Fannin | Foard 1891 |
| Crane | 1887 Feb 26 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Crockett | 1875 Jan 22 | Details | Bexar | Schleicher 1887, Sutton 1887, Val Verde 1885 |
| Crosby | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | Lubbock 1876 |
| Culberson | 1911 Mar 10 | Details | El Paso | none |
| Dallam | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Dallas | 1846 Mar 20 | Details | Nacogdoches, Robertson | none |
| Davis | 1861 Dec 17 | Details | renamed from Cass | renamed Cass 1871 |
| Dawson | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Deaf Smith | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Delta | 1870 Jul 29 | Details | Hopkins, Lamar | none |
| Denton | 1846 Apr 11 | Details | Fannin | none |
| De Witt | 1846 Mar 24 | Details | Goliad, Gonzales, Victoria | Karnes 1854 |
| Dickens | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Dimmit | 858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Maverick, Uvalde, Webb | none |
| Donley | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Jack | none |
| Duval | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Live Oak, Starr, Nueces | Jim Hogg 1913 |
| Eastland | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bosque, Coryell, Travis | none |
| Ector | 1887 Feb 26 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Edwards | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar | Real 1913 |
| Ellis | 1849 Dec 20 | Details | Navarro | Johnson 1854 |
| El Paso | 1850 Jan 03 | Details | Bexar, Santa Fe | Culberson 1911, Hudspeth 1917 |
| Encinal | 1856 Feb 01 | Details | Webb | dissolved back to Webb 1899 |
| Erath | 1856 Jan 25 | Details | Bosque, Coryell | none |
| Falls | 1850 Jan 28 | Details | Limestone, Milam | none |
| Fannin | 1837 Dec 14 | Details | Red River | Archer 1858, Baylor 1858, Collin 1846, Collingsworth 1876, Cooke 1848, Cottle 1876, Denton 1846, Childress 1876, Grayson 1846, Hardeman 1858, Haskell 1858, Hunt 1846, King 1876, Knox 1858, Stonewall 1876, Throckmorton 1858, Walbarger 1858, Wheeler 1876, Wichita 1858, Young 1856 |
| Fayette | 1837 Dec 14 | Details | Bastorp, Colorado | Lee 1874, Lavaca 1846 |
| Fisher | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Floyd | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Foard | 1891 Mar 03 | Details | Cottle, Hardeman, King, Knox | none |
| Fort Bend | 1837 dec 29 | Details | Austin | none |
| Franklin | 1875 Mar 06 | Details | Titus | none |
| Freestone | 1850 Sep 06 | Details | Limestone | none |
| Frio | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Atascosa, Bexar, Uvalde | none |
| Gaines | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Galveston | 1838 May 15 | Details | Brazoria, Liberty | none |
| Garza | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Gillespie | 1848 Feb 23 | Details | Bexar, Texas | Blanco 1858, Mason 1858 |
| Glasscock | 1887 Apr 04 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Goliad | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Bee 1857, DeWitt 1846, Karnes 1854 |
| Gonzales | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Caldwell 1848, Comal 1846, DeWitt 1846, Guadalupe 1846, Lavaca 1846 |
| Gray | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Grayson | 1846 Mar 17 | Details | Fannin | none |
| Greer | 1860 18 | Details | Texas state land | now in State of Oklahoma, 1896 |
| Gregg | 1873 Apr 12 | Details | Rusk, Upshur | none |
| Grimes | 1846 Apr 06 | Details | Montgomery | Madison 1842, Waller 1873, Walker 1846 |
| Guadalupe | 1846 Mar 30 | Details | Bexar, Gonzales | none |
| Hale | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Hall | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Hamilton | 1842 Jan 22 | Details | Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Lampasas | Mills 1887 |
| Hansford | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Hardeman | 1858 Feb 21 | Details | Fannin | Foard 1891 |
| Harris | 1839 Dec 28 | Details | renamed from Harrisburg | none |
| Harrisburg | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | renamed Harris 1839 |
| Harrison | 1839 Jan 28 | Details | Shelby | Panola 1846, Upshur 1846, Marion 1860 |
| Hartley | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Haskell | 858 Feb 01 | Details | Fannin, Milam | none |
| Hays | 1847 Mar 01 | Details | Travis | Blanco 1858 |
| Hemphill | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Henderson | 1846 Apr 27 | Details | Houston, Nacogdoches | Kaufman 1848, Van Zandt 1848 |
| Hidalgo | 1852 Jan 24 | Details | Cameron | Brooks 1911, Kenedy 1921, Willacy 1911 |
| Hill | 1853 Feb 07 | Details | Navarro | Johnson 1854 |
| Hockley | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Hood | 1865 Nov 02 | Details | Johnson | Somervell 1875 |
| Hopkins | 1846 Mar 25 | Details | Lamar, Nacogdoches | Delta 1870, Rains 1870 |
| Houston | 1837 Jan 08 | Details | Nacogdoches | Anderson 1846, Henderson 1846, Trinity 1850 |
| Howard | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Hudspeth | 1917 May 15 | Details | El Paso | none |
| Hunt | 1846 Apr 11 | Details | Fannin, Ncogdoches | Rains 1870 |
| Hutchinson | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Irion | 1889 mar 07 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Jack | 1856 Aug 27 | Details | Cooke | Donley 1876 |
| Jackson | 1836 Mar 17 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Calhoun 1846, Lavaca 1846, Wharton 1846 |
| Jasper | 1836 Mar 17 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Newton 1846 |
| Jeff Davis | 1887 Mar 15 | Details | Presidio | none |
| Jefferson | 1836 Mar 17 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Chambers 1858, Hardin 1858, Orange 1852 |
| Jim Hogg | 1913 Mar 31 | Details | Brooks, Duval | none |
| Jim Wells | 1911 Mar 11 | Details | Nueces | none |
| Johnson | 1854 Feb 04 | Details | Ellis, Hill, navarro, McLennan | Hood 1865, Somervell 1875 |
| Jones | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Bosque | none |
| Karnes | 1854 Feb 04 | Details | Bexar, DeWitt, Goliad | Wilson 1860 |
| Kaufman | 1848 Feb 26 | Details | Henderson | Rockwall 1873 |
| Kendall | 1862 Jan 10 | Details | Blanco, Kerr | none |
| Kenedy | 1921 Apr 02 | Details | Willacy, Hidalgo, Cameron | none |
| Kent | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Kerr | 1856 Jan 25 | Details | Bexar | Kendall 1862, real 1913 |
| Kimble | 1858 Jan 22 | Details | Bexar | none |
| King | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Fannin | Foard 1891 |
| Kinney | 1850 Jan 28 | Details | Bexar | Val Verde 1885, Maverick 1856 |
| Kleberg | 1913 Feb 27 | Details | Nueces | none |
| Knox | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Young, Fannin | Foard 1891 |
| Lamar | 1840 Dec 17 | Details | Red River | Delta 1870, Hopkins 1846 |
| Lamb | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Lampasas | 856 Feb 01 | Details | Bell, Travis | Hamilton 1842, Mills 1887, Burnet 1852 |
| La Salle | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Webb | none |
| Lavaca | 1846 Apr 06 | Details | Colorado, Fayette, Gonzales, jackson, Victoria | none |
| Lee | 1874 Apr 14 | Details | Bastrop, Burleston, Colorado, Fayette, Washington | none |
| Leon | 1846 Mar 17 | Details | Robertson | Madison 1842 |
| Liberty | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Spanish Muncipality | Chambers 1858, Galveston 1838, Hardin 1858, Polk 1846, San Jacinto 1870, Tyler 1846 |
| Limestone | 1846 Apr 11 | Details | Robertson | Falls 1850, Freestone 1850 |
| Lipscomb | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Live Oak | 1856 Feb 12 | Details | Nueces, San Patricio | Bee 1875, McMullen 1858, Duval 1858 |
| Llano | 1856 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Loving | 1887 Feb 26 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Lubbock | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Crosby | none |
| Lynn | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Madison | 1842 Jan 27 | Details | Leon, Grimes, Walker | none |
| Marion | 1860 Feb 08 | Details | Cass, Harrison | none |
| Martin | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | Terry 1876 |
| Mason | 1858 Jan 22 | Details | Gillespie, Bexar | none |
| Matagorda | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Calhoun 1846, Wharton 1846 |
| Maverick | 1856 Feb 02 | Details | Kenedy, Kinney | Dimmit 1858, Zavala 1858 |
| McCulloch | 1856 Aug 27 | Details | Bexar | none |
| McLennan | 1850 Jan 22 | Details | Milam, Navarro, Robertson | Bosque 1854, Coryell 1854, Johnson 1854 |
| McMullen | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Live Oak, Atascosa | none |
| Medina | 848 Feb 12 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Menard | 1858 Jan 22 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Midland | 1885 Mar 04 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Milam | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Bell 1850, Bosque 1854, Burleson 1846,Callahan 1858, Falls 1850, Haskell 1858, McLennan 1850, Robertson 1837, Williamson 1848 |
| Mills | 1887 7 18 | Details | Comanche, Brown, Hamilton, Lampasas | none |
| Mitchell | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Montague | 1857 Dec 24 | Details | Cooke | none |
| Montgomery | 1837 Dec 14 | Details | Washington | Grimes 1846, San Jacinto 1870, Walker 1846 |
| Moore | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Morris | 1875 Mar 13 | Details | Titus | none |
| Motley | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Nacogdoches | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Angelina 1846, Cherokee 1846, Dallas 1846, Henderson 1846, Hopkins 1846, Houston 1837, Hunt 1846, Rusk 1843,Smith 1846, Upshur 1846 |
| Navarro | 1846 Apr 25 | Details | Robertson | Ellis 1849, Hill 1853, Johnson 1854, Palo Pinto 1856, Parker 1855, Tarrant 1849, McLennan 1850 |
| Navasota | 1841 Jan 30 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | renamed Brazos 1842 |
| Newton | 1846 Apr 22 | Details | Jasper | none |
| Nolan | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Nueces | 1846 Apr 11 | Details | San Patricio | Cameron 1848, Duval 1858, Jim Wells 1911, Kleberg 1913, Live Oak 1856, Starr 1848 |
| Ochiltree | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Oldham | 1876 Aug 25 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Orange | 852 Feb 05 | Details | Jefferson | none |
| Palo Pinto | 1856 Aug 27 | Details | Navarro, Bosque | none |
| Panola | 1846 Mar 20 | Details | Harrison, Shelby | none |
| Parker | 1855 Dec 02 | Details | Bosque, Navarro | none |
| Parmer | 1876 Aug 26 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Pecos | 1871 May 03 | Details | Presidio | Reeves 1883, Terrell 1905, Val Verde 1885 |
| Polk | 1846 Mar 30 | Details | Liberty | San Jacinto 1870, Trinity 1850 |
| Potter | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Presidio | 1850 Jan 03 | Details | Bexar, Santa Fe | Brewster 1887, Pecos 1871, Jeff Davis 1887 |
| Rains | 1870 Jun 09 | Details | Hopkins, Hunt, Wood | none |
| Randall | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Reagan | 1903 mar 07 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Real | 1913 Apr 03 | Details | Bandera, Kerr, Edwards | none |
| Red River | 1836 Mar 17 | Details | old Miller County, Arkansas Territory | Bowie 1840, Fannin 1837, Lamar 1840, Titus 1846 |
| Reeves | 1883 Apr 14 | Details | Pecos | none |
| Refugio | 1836 Mar 17 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Aransas 1871, Bee 1875 |
| Roberts | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Robertson | 1837 Dec 14 | Details | Milam | Navasto 1841, Dallas 1846, Leon 1846, Limestone 1846, McLennan 1850, Navarro 1846 |
| Rockwall | 1873 Mar 01 | Details | Kaufman | none |
| Runnels | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Travis | none |
| Rusk | 1843 Jan 16 | Details | Nacogdoches | Gregg 1873 |
| Sabine | 1837 Dec 14 | Details | none | |
| San Augustine | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | none |
| San Jacinto | 1870 Aug 13 | Details | Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, Walker | none |
| San Patricio | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Bee 1857, Live Oak 1856, Nueces 1846, Webb 1848 |
| San Saba | 1856 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Santa Fe | 1848 Feb 10 | Details | State of Texas | Presidio 1850, El Paso 1850, (Worth 1850 remainder dissolved as part of Compromise of 1850, ceded to New Mexico) |
| Schleicher | 1887 Apr 01 | Details | Crockett | none |
| Scurry | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Shackelford | 1856 Ffe 01 | Details | Bosque | none |
| Shelby | 1836 Mar 17 | Details | Harrison 1839, Panola 1846 | |
| Sherman | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Smith | 1846 Apr 11 | Details | Nacogdoches | none |
| Somervell | 1875 Mar 13 | Details | Hood, Johnson | none |
| Starr | 1848 Feb 10 | Details | Nueces | Brooks 1911, Duval 1858, Zapata 1858 |
| Stephens | 1861 Dec 17 | Details | renamed from Buchanan | none |
| Sterling | 1891 Mar 04 | Details | Tom Green | dissolved back to Tom Green 1891 |
| Stonewall | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Fannin | none |
| Sutton | 1887 Apr 01 | Details | Crockett | none |
| Swisher | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Young | none |
| Tarrant | 1849 Dec 20 | Details | Navarro | none |
| Taylor | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Travis | none |
| Terrell | 1905 Apr 08 | Details | Pecos | none |
| Terry | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar, Martin | none |
| Throckmorton | 1858 Jan 19 | Details | Bosque, Fannin | none |
| Titus | 1846 May 11 | Details | Bowie, Red River | Franklin 1875, Morris 1875 |
| Tom Green | 1874 Mar 13 | Details | Bexar | Coke 1889, Crane 1887, Ector 1887, Glasscock 1887, Iron 1889, Loving 1887, Midland 1885, Reagan 1903, Sterling 1891, Upton 1867, Ward 1887, Winkler 1887 |
| Travis | 1840 Jan 25 | Details | Bastrop | Brown 1856, Burnet 1852, Callahan 1858, Coleman 1858, Comal 1846, Eastland 1858, Gillespie 1848, Hays 1848, Lampasas 1856, Runnels 1858, Taylor 1858 |
| Trinity | 1850 Feb 11 | Details | Houston, Polk | none |
| Tyler | 1846 Apr 03 | Details | Liberty | none |
| Upshur | 1846 Apr 27 | Details | Harrison, Nacogdoches | Camp 1874, Gregg 1873 |
| Upton | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Uvalde | 1850 feb 08 | Details | Bexar | Bandera 1856, Dimmit 1858, Frio 1858, Zavala 1858 |
| Val Verde | 1885 Mar 24 | Details | Crockett, Kinney, Pecos | none |
| Van Zandt | 1848 Mar 20 | Details | Henderson | Wood 1850 |
| Victoria | 1829 9 18 | Details | old Mexican Muncipality | Calhoun 1846, DeWitt 1846, Lavaca 1846 |
| Walberger | 1858 8 18 | Details | Fannin | none |
| Walker | 1846 Apr 06 | Details | Montgomery, Grimes | Madison 1842, San Jacinto 1870 |
| Waller | 1873 Apr 28 | Details | Austin, Grimes | none |
| Ward | 1887 Feb 26 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Washington | 1829 9 18 | Details | Texas muncipality | Navasto 1841, Burleson 1846, Lee 1874, Montgomery 1837 |
| Webb | 1848 Jan 28 | Details | Bexar, San Patricio | Dimmit 1858, Zapata 1858, La Salle 1858 |
| Wheeler | 1876 Apr 21 | Details | Bexar, Young, Fannin | none |
| Wichita | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Fannin, Young | none |
| Wilbarger | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Bexar, Fannin | none |
| Willacy | 1911 Mar 11 | Details | Cameron, Hidalgo | Kenedy 1921 |
| Williamson | 1848 Mar 13 | Details | Milam | Burnet 1852 |
| Wilson | 1860 Feb 13 | Details | Bexar, Karnes | none |
| Winkler | 1887 Feb 26 | Details | Tom Green | none |
| Wise | 1856 Jan 23 | Details | Cooke | none |
| Wood | 1850 Feb 05 | Details | Van Zandt | Rains 1870 |
| Worth | 1850 Jan 03 | Details | Santa Fe | ceded to New Mexico 1850 |
| Yoakum | 1876 Aug 21 | Details | Bexar | none |
| Young | 1856 Feb 02 | Details | Bosque, Fannin | Hall 1876, Hansford 1876, Hartley 1876, Hemphill 1876, Hockley 1876, Howard 1876, Kent 1876, Knox 1858, Nolan 1876, Swisher 1876, Wheeler 1876, Wichita 1858 |
| Zapata | 1858 Jan 22 | Details | Starr, Webb | Brooks 1911 |
| Zavala | 1858 Feb 01 | Details | Uvalde, Maverick | none |
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- ↑ [http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Texas/viewer.htm Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.