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| Website | http://www.co.caldwell.tx.us/ |
| Established | March 06, 1848 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP December 29, 2022 02:10pm |
| Description | Formed from parts of Bastrop and Gonzales counties, Caldwell County was named after Matthew Caldwell, a ranger captain who fought in the Battle of Plum Creek against the Comanches and later against Santa Anna's armies during the Texas Revolution and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Its county seat is Lockhart.
The original name was to be Plum Creek County, but the legislature chose the name Caldwell instead. |
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January 26, 1850 -
CALDWELL gained from BASTROP.
(Texas Laws 1849, 3d leg., reg. sess., ch. 73/p. 82)
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March 06, 1848 -
January 26, 1850
CALDWELL created from GONZALES.
(Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch. 65/p. 53)
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