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DeWITT
COUNTY, TEXAS
29° 4' 48"
N, 97° 21' 36" W (29.08, -97.36)
Population: 20,160 Est. (2019) 20,097 (2010)
Total area: 910 square miles (2,400 km2)
909 square miles (2,350 km2) land
1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) (0.2%) water |
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DeWitt County
History
Historical Marker
(on US 877 near Cuero
east city limits):
De Witt County
Included in the colonial grant in 1825 to Green De Witt, Texas Empresario,
settled until 1840 largely by Anglo Americans. Created a county of
the State of Texas March 24, 1846. Its area being taken from Gonzales,
Victoria
and Goliad
counties.
Organized July 13, 1846, with Cameron as the county seat, named
in honor of its original grantee Green De Witt 1787-1835. By 1860
half its population was of German birth. Clinton
served as county seat, 1849-1877. Cuero,
incorporated April 23, 1873. Was made county seat in 1876, in memory
of Arthur Burns. First settler in De Witt County, 1826, Columbus Burns,
first Anglo-American child born in the county, 1829. George Washington
Davis, delegate to the Second Convention of Texas, 1833. George W.
Davis, participant in the Battle
of Gonzales, 1835. George W. Davis, delegate to the Consultation,
1835. Captain John York, Captain David Murphree, James M. Bell, Albrecht
Von Roeder, Louis Von Roeder, Squire Burns, John F. Pettus, participants
in the capture
of San Antonio, 1835. Thomas R. Miller, William Dearduff, martyrs
of the Alamo,
1836. J. L. Allen a messenger from the Alamo,
1836. O. H. Perry Davis of Fannin's command who escaped the Refugio
Massacre 1836. Captain David Murphree, John F. Pettus, James Bell,
Joseph Kent Berry Doolittle, Allen Caruthers, Robert J. Kleberg, John
MC Crabb, James J. Tumlinson, Louis Von Roder, heroes of San
Jacinto. Creed Taylor, Squire Burns, Josiah Taylor, Chas. A. Ogsbury,
George W. Davis, soldiers in the Texas Army 1836; James Norman Smith,
first school teacher in De Witt County 1840. Captain Daniel B. Friar,
Miles S. Bennet, James J. Tumlinson, Josiah Taylor, Creed Taylor,
participants in the Battle
of Salado Creek, Bexar County, 1842. George Lord, Alfred A. Allee
members of the Mier
Expedition 1842 and all other pioneers of the Republic
of Texas who resided in De Witt County prior to or after the Revolution. |
DeWitt County
Town List
Cities, Towns
& Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture,
monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary
images, area destinations, hotels,
and forum.
County Seat - Cuero
Book Hotel Here - Cuero
Hotels
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DeWitt County
Vintage Maps
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DeWitt County
1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
DeWitt County
1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
DeWitt County
1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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