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  Gonzales - History
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Parents > United States > Texas > TX Counties > Gonzales  
Websitehttp://www.co.gonzales.tx.us/
Established November 30, 1832
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP January 02, 2023 09:04pm
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August 21, 1856 -


GONZALES lost small area to LAVACA. (Texas Laws 1856, 6th leg., adj. sess., ch. 114/p. 43)

March 06, 1848 - August 21, 1856


GONZALES lost to creation of CALDWELL. (Texas Laws 1847, 2d leg., ch. 65/p. 53)

April 06, 1846 - March 06, 1848


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

March 30, 1846 - April 06, 1846


GONZALES lost to creation of GUADALUPE. (Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 33)

March 24, 1846 - March 30, 1846


GONZALES lost to creation of COMAL and DE WITT. (Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./pp. 13, 18)

June 27, 1842 - March 24, 1846


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

February 02, 1842 - June 27, 1842


GONZALES lost to creation of DE WITT (Judicial County). (Texas Repub. Laws 1841, 6th cong., 1st sess./p. 89)

January 29, 1842 - February 02, 1842


GONZALES lost to creation of GUADALUPE (Judicial County) and LA BACA (Judicial County). (Texas Repub. Laws 1841, 6th cong., 1st sess./pp. 74-75, 78-79)

May 24, 1838 - January 29, 1842


GONZALES gained from Non-County Area 3. Non-County Area 3 eliminated. (Texas Repub. Laws 1838, 2d cong., 2d sess./p. 44)

December 14, 1837 - May 24, 1838


GONZALES boundaries defined; lost to VICTORIA. (Texas Repub. Laws 1837, 2d cong., 1st sess./p. 42)

November 30, 1832 - December 14, 1837


GONZALES (original county) was established as a municipality by Mexico. Precise boundaries not described until 14 Dec 1837; general area of municipality mapped. (Rather, 126)

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