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  Fayette - History
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Parents > United States > Texas > TX Counties > Fayette  
Websitehttp://www.co.fayette.tx.us/
Established January 18, 1838
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP December 21, 2022 04:14pm
DescriptionFormed from part of Bastrop County on December 14, 1837, Fayette is named for the Marquis de la Fayette, a French nobleman who became an American Revolutionary War hero. Its county seat is La Grange.

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April 14, 1874 -


FAYETTE lost to creation of LEE. (Texas Laws 1874, 14th leg., reg. sess., ch. 75/pp. 94-97)

February 11, 1854 - April 14, 1874


FAYETTE lost to LAVACA. (Texas Laws 1853, 5th leg., ch. 58/p. 78)

April 06, 1846 - February 11, 1854


FAYETTE lost to creation of LAVACA. (Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 49)

June 27, 1842 - April 06, 1846


[by 27 Jun 1842] FAYETTE gained from LA BACA (Judicial County) when Republic of Texas Supreme Court ruled judicial counties unconstitutional. ("Stockton v. Montgomery" in Dallam, 473-486)

January 29, 1842 - June 27, 1842


FAYETTE lost to creation of LA BACA (Judicial County) (Texas Repub. Laws 1841, 6th cong., 1st sess./p. 74)

May 03, 1838 - January 29, 1842


FAYETTE gained from Non-County Area 3. (Texas Repub. Laws 1838, 2d cong., 2d sess./p. 2)

December 14, 1837 - May 03, 1838


FAYETTE created by the Republic of Texas from COLORADO and MINA (now BASTROP). (Texas Repub. Laws 1837, 2d cong., 1st sess./pp. 35-36)

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