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- Statehood: 1845; some counties were established before Texas became a state
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County | Year Est. | Details |
Anderson | 1846 | from Houston County |
Andrews | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Angelina | 1846 | from Nacogdoches County |
Aransas | 1871 | from Refugio County |
Archer | 1858 | from Fannin County |
Armstrong | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Atascosa | 1856 | from Bexar County |
Austin | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Bailey | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Bandera | 1856 | from Bexar County |
Bastrop | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Baylor | 1858 | from Fannin County |
Bee | 1857 | from San Patricio, Goliad, Refugio, Live Oak, and Karnes counties |
Bell | 1850 | from Milam County |
Bexar | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Blanco | 1858 | from Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, and Hays counties |
Borden | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Bosque | 1854 | from McLennan County |
Bowie | 1840 | from Red River County |
Brazoria | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Brazos | 1841 | from Washington County; Named Navasota County until 1842 |
Brewster | 1887 | from Presidio County |
Briscoe | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Brooks | 1911 | from Starr County |
Brown | 1856 | from Comanche and Travis counties |
Burleson | 1846 | from Milam County |
Burnet | 1852 | from Bell, Travis, and Williamson counties |
Caldwell | 1848 | from Bastrop and Gonzales counties |
Calhoun | 1846 | from Jackson, Matagorda, and Victoria counties |
Callahan | 1858 | from Bexar, Bosque, and Travis counties |
Cameron | 1848 | from Nueces County and lands ceded by Mexico |
Camp | 1874 | from Upshur County |
Carson | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Cass | 1846 | from Bowie County; Named Davis County 1861-1871 |
Castro | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Chambers | 1858 | from Jefferson and Liberty counties |
Cherokee | 1846 | from Nacogdoches County |
Childress | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Clay | 1857 | from Cooke County |
Cochran | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Coke | 1889 | from Tom Green County |
Coleman | 1858 | from Brown and Travis counties |
Collin | 1846 | from Fannin County |
Collingsworth | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Colorado | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Comal | 1846 | from Bexar County |
Comanche | 1856 | from Bosque and Coryell counties |
Concho | 1858 | from Bexar County |
Cooke | 1848 | from Fannin County |
Coryell | 1854 | from Bell County |
Cottle | 1876 | from Fannin County |
Crane | 1887 | from Tom Green County |
Crockett | 1875 | from Bexar County |
Crosby | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Culberson | 1911 | from El Paso County |
Dallam | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Dallas | 1846 | from Nacogdoches and Robertson counties |
Dawson | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Deaf Smith | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Delta | 1870 | from Hopkins and Lamar counties |
Denton | 1846 | from Fannin County |
DeWitt | 1846 | from Goliad, Gonzales, and Victoria counties |
Dickens | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Dimmit | 1858 | from Bexar, Maverick, Uvalde, and Webb counties |
Donley | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Duval | 1858 | from Live Oak, Nueces, and Starr counties |
Eastland | 1858 | from Bosque, Coryell, and Travis counties |
Ector | 1887 | from Tom Green County |
Edwards | 1858 | from Bexar County |
El Paso | 1848 | from Santa Fe County |
Ellis | 1849 | from Navarro County |
Erath | 1856 | from Bosque and Coryell counties |
Falls | 1850 | from Limestone and Milam counties |
Fannin | 1837 | from Red River County |
Fayette | 1837 | from Bastrop County |
Fisher | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Floyd | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Foard | 1891 | from Cottle, Hardeman, King, and Knox counties |
Fort Bend | 1837 | from Austin, Brazoria, and Harris counties |
Franklin | 1875 | from Titus County |
Freestone | 1850 | from Limestone County |
Frio | 1858 | from Atascosa, Bexar, and Uvalde counties |
Gaines | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Galveston | 1838 | from Brazoria, Harris, and Liberty counties |
Garza | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Gillespie | 1848 | from Bexar and Travis counties |
Glasscock | 1887 | from Tom Green County |
Goliad | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Gonzales | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Gray | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Grayson | 1846 | from Fannin County |
Gregg | 1873 | from Upshur County |
Grimes | 1846 | from Montgomery County |
Guadalupe | 1846 | from Bexar and Gonzales counties |
Hale | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Hall | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Hamilton | 1856 | from Bosque, Comanche, and Lampasas counties |
Hansford | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Hardeman | 1858 | from Fannin County |
Hardin | 1858 | from Jefferson County and Liberty County |
Harris | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties; Named Harrisburg County until 1839 |
Harrison | 1839 | from Shelby County |
Hartley | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Haskell | 1858 | from Fannin and Milam counties |
Hays | 1848 | from Travis County |
Hemphill | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Henderson | 1846 | from Houston and Nacogdoches counties |
Hidalgo | 1852 | from Cameron County |
Hill | 1853 | from Navarro County |
Hockley | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Hood | 1866 | from Johnson County |
Hopkins | 1846 | from Lamar and Nacogdoches counties |
Houston | 1837 | from Nacogdoches County |
Howard | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Hudspeth | 1917 | from El Paso County |
Hunt | 1846 | from Fannin and Nacogdoches counties |
Hutchinson | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Irion | 1889 | from Tom Green County |
Jack | 1856 | from Cooke County |
Jackson | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Jasper | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Jeff Davis | 1887 | from Presidio County |
Jefferson | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Jim Hogg | 1913 | from Brooks and Duval counties |
Jim Wells | 1911 | from Nueces County |
Johnson | 1854 | from Ellis, Hill, and Navarro counties |
Jones | 1854 | from Bexar and Bosque counties |
Karnes | 1854 | from Bexar, DeWitt, Goliad, Gonzales, and San Patricio counties |
Kaufman | 1848 | from Henderson County |
Kendall | 1862 | from Blanco and Kerr counties |
Kenedy | 1921 | from Hidalgo and Willacy counties (due to a reorganization of Willacy County) |
Kent | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Kerr | 1856 | from Bexar County |
Kimble | 1858 | from Bexar County |
King | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Kinney | 1850 | from Bexar County |
Kleberg | 1913 | from Nueces County |
Knox | 1858 | from Bexar County |
La Salle | 1858 | from Bexar County |
Lamar | 1840 | from Red River County |
Lamb | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Lampasas | 1856 | from Bell, Coryell, and Travis counties |
Lavaca | 1842 | from Colorado, Fayette, Gonzales, Jackson, and Victoria counties; Named La Buca County until 1846 |
Lee | 1874 | from Bastrop, Burleson, Fayette, and Washington counties |
Leon | 1846 | from Robertson County |
Liberty | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Limestone | 1846 | from Robertson County |
Lipscomb | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Live Oak | 1856 | from Nueces and San Patricio counties |
Llano | 1856 | from Bexar and Gillespie counties |
Loving | 1887 | from Tom Green County (1891) |
Lubbock | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Lynn | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Madison | 1853 | from Grimes, Leon, and Walker counties |
Marion | 1860 | from Cass County |
Martin | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Mason | 1858 | from Gillespie County |
Matagorda | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Maverick | 1856 | from Kinney County |
McCulloch | 1856 | from Bexar County |
McLennan | 1850 | from Limestone and Milam counties |
McMullen | 1858 | from Atascosa, Bexar, and Live Oak counties |
Medina | 1848 | from Bexar County |
Menard | 1858 | from Bexar County |
Midland | 1885 | from Tom Green County |
Milam | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Mills | 1887 | from Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas counties |
Mitchell | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Montague | 1857 | from Cooke County |
Montgomery | 1837 | from Washington County |
Moore | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Morris | 1875 | from Titus County |
Motley | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Nacogdoches | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Navarro | 1846 | from Robertson County |
Newton | 1846 | from Jasper County |
Nolan | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Nueces | 1846 | from San Patricio County |
Ochiltree | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Oldham | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Orange | 1852 | from Jefferson County |
Palo Pinto | 1856 | from Bosque and Navarro counties |
Panola | 1846 | from Harrison and Shelby counties |
Parker | 1855 | from Bosque and Navarro counties |
Parmer | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Pecos | 1871 | from Presidio County |
Polk | 1846 | from Liberty County |
Potter | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Presidio | 1850 | from Santa Fe County |
Rains | 1870 | from Hopkins, Hunt, and Wood counties |
Randall | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Reagan | 1903 | from Tom Green County |
Real | 1913 | from Bandera, Edwards, and Kerr counties |
Red River | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Reeves | 1883 | from Pecos County |
Refugio | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Roberts | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Robertson | 1837 | from Bexar, Milam, and Nacogdoches counties |
Rockwall | 1873 | from Kaufman County |
Runnels | 1858 | from Bexar and Travis counties |
Rusk | 1843 | from Nacogdoches County |
Sabine | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
San Augustine | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
San Jacinto | 1870 | from Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, and Walker counties |
San Patricio | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
San Saba | 1856 | from Bexar County |
Schleicher | 1887 | from Crockett County |
Scurry | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Shackelford | 1858 | from Bosque County |
Shelby | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Sherman | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Smith | 1846 | from Nacogdoches County |
Somervell | 1875 | from Hood County |
Starr | 1848 | from Nueces County |
Stephens | 1858 | from Bosque County; Named Buchanan County until 1861 |
Sterling | 1891 | from Tom Green County |
Stonewall | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Sutton | 1887 | from Crockett County |
Swisher | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Tarrant | 1849 | from Navarro County |
Taylor | 1858 | from Bexar and Travis counties |
Terrell | 1905 | from Pecos County |
Terry | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Throckmorton | 1858 | from Fannin County |
Titus | 1846 | from Bowie County |
Tom Green | 1874 | from Bexar County |
Travis | 1840 | from Bastrop County |
Trinity | 1850 | from Houston County |
Tyler | 1846 | from Liberty County |
Upshur | 1846 | from Harrison County |
Upton | 1887 | from Tom Green County |
Uvalde | 1850 | from Bexar County |
Val Verde | 1885 | from Crockett, Kinney, and Pecos counties |
Van Zandt | 1848 | from Henderson County |
Victoria | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Walker | 1846 | from Montgomery County |
Waller | 1873 | from Austin County and Grimes County |
Ward | 1887 | from Tom Green County |
Washington | 1836 | one of the original 23 counties |
Webb | 1848 | from Nueces County |
Wharton | 1846 | from Colorado, Jackson, and Matagorda counties |
Wheeler | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Wichita | 1858 | from Cooke County |
Wilbarger | 1858 | from Bexar County |
Willacy | 1911 | from Cameron and Hidalgo counties |
Williamson | 1848 | from Milam County |
Wilson | 1860 | from Bexar, Guadalupe, and Karnes counties |
Winkler | 1887 | from Tom Green County |
Wise | 1856 | from Cooke County |
Wood | 1850 | from Van Zandt County |
Yoakum | 1876 | from Bexar County |
Young | 1856 | from Bosque County and Fannin County |
Zapata | 1858 | from Starr County and Webb County |
Zavala | 1846 | from Maverick County |