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| Website | http://www.co.cass.tx.us/ |
| Established | April 25, 1846 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | RP December 29, 2022 03:10pm |
| Description | Formed from sections of Bowie County, Cass was named for Lewis Cass, a senator from Michigan who favored the annexation of Texas. The seat of the county is Linden.
From 1861 to 1871, this county was known as Davis County, after Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America. |
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May 23, 1871 -
DAVIS renamed CASS.
(Texas Laws 1871, 12th leg., 1st sess., ch. 95/p. 92)
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February 08, 1860 -
December 17, 1861
CASS lost to creation of MARION.
(Texas Laws 1859, 8th leg., reg. sess., gen., ch. 48/pp. 57-59)
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April 25, 1846 -
February 08, 1860
CASS created from BOWIE.
(Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 135)
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