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  Victoria - History
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Parents > United States > Texas > TX Counties > Victoria  
Websitehttp://www.victoriacountytx.org/
Established December 31, 1828
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP December 28, 2022 09:42pm
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April 05, 1861 -


VICTORIA gained from GOLIAD. (Texas Laws 1861, 8th leg., ext. sess., ch. 42/p. 33)

September 01, 1856 - April 05, 1861


VICTORIA lost to CALHOUN. (Texas Laws 1856, 6th leg., adj. sess., ch. 177/p. 104)

April 01, 1846 - September 01, 1856


VICTORIA gained from REFUGIO, lost to JACKSON. Part of VICTORIA reverted to Non-County Area 6 that became CALHOUN on 4 Apr 1846. (Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 35)

March 24, 1846 - April 01, 1846


VICTORIA lost to creation of DE WITT. (Texas Laws 1846, 1st leg./p. 18)

December 24, 1844 - March 24, 1846


VICTORIA gained from JACKSON. (Texas Repub. Laws 1844, 9th cong., 1st sess./p. 5)

June 27, 1842 - December 24, 1844


[by 27 Jun 1842] VICTORIA gained from DE WITT (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


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

January 29, 1842 - February 02, 1842


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

December 29, 1837 - January 29, 1842


VICTORIA lost to JACKSON. (Texas Repub. Laws 1837, 2d cong., 1st sess./p. 121 and Texas Repub. Laws 1839, 4th cong./p. 249)

December 14, 1837 - December 29, 1837


VICTORIA gained territory when GONZALES boundaries were defined. (Texas Repub. Laws 1837, 2d cong., 1st sess./p. 42)

December 31, 1828 - December 14, 1837


[1828] VICTORIA (original county) established as a municipality by Mexico. Precise boundaries not described; general area of municipality mapped. (Grimes, 448)

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