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| Website | http://www.brewstercountytx.com/ |
| Established | February 04, 1887 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP December 20, 2022 09:44pm |
| Description | Formed from parts of Presidio County, Brewster County was named for Henry P. Brewster, secretary of war under David G. Burnet for the Republic of Texas. Its county seat and only city is Alpine.
Buchel and Foley counties were marked off along with Brewster County but had still not been organized by 1897, and in that year their territory was officially added to that of Brewster County, making the latter the largest county in Texas. |
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April 21, 1897 -
BREWSTER gained all of BUCHEL (extinct) and FOLEY (extinct); BUCHEL and FOLEY eliminated.
(Texas Laws 1897, 25th leg., reg. sess., ch. 90/p. 115)
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March 27, 1889 -
April 21, 1897
BREWSTER gained from FOLEY (extinct), lost to PRESIDIO.
(Texas Laws 1889, 21st leg., ch. 49/p. 44)
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February 02, 1887 -
March 27, 1889
BREWSTER created from PRESIDIO.
(Texas Laws 1887, 20th leg., reg. sess., ch. 4/p. 4)
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