Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Washington - History
County DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > TX Counties > Washington  
Websitehttp://www.co.washington.tx.us/
Established July 18, 1835
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP December 28, 2022 09:48pm
Description

MAPS

April 14, 1874 -


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

January 30, 1841 - April 14, 1874


WASHINGTON lost to creation of NAVASOTO (now BRAZOS). (Texas Repub. Laws 1840, 5th cong./pp. 86-88)

February 04, 1840 - January 30, 1841


WASHINGTON lost to MILAM. (Texas Repub. Laws 1839, 4th cong./p. 223)

May 24, 1838 - February 04, 1840


WASHINGTON lost small area to AUSTIN. (Texas Repub. Laws 1838, 2d cong., 2d sess./p. 43)

December 14, 1837 - May 24, 1838


WASHINGTON lost to creation of MONTGOMERY and Non-County Area 1, lost to HARRISBURG (now HARRIS); remnant of WASHINGTON on eastern line of MONTGOMERY became Non-County Area 1 (became part of LIBERTY on 18 Dec 1837). (Texas Repub. Laws 1837, 2d cong., 1st sess./pp. 33, 49)

July 18, 1835 - December 14, 1837


WASHINGTON (original county) created from AUSTIN and LIBERTY; established as a municipality by Mexico. Precise boundaries not described; general area of municipality mapped. ("Documents Relating to the Organization...," 99; Partlow, inside front cover, 326)

DISCUSSION
[Download as CSV]