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Texas
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KERR
COUNTY, TEXAS
30° 3' 36"
N, 99° 21' 0" W (30.06, -99.35)
Population: 52,598 (2020) 49,625 (2010)
Total area: 1,107 square miles (2,870 km2)
1,103 square miles (2,860 km2) land
4.0 square miles (10 km2) water |
Kerr County
History
(from 1936 Texas
Centennial Marker - On SH 27 about 1.3 miles E of Kerrville)
KERR COUNTY
Formed from Bexar County;
created January 26, 1856;
organized March 22, 1856.
Named in honor of James
Kerr, 1790-1850; the first American settler on the Guadalupe
River; general manager of DeWitt's Colony; signer of the Texas
Declaration of Independence; member of the Third Texas Congress.
County Seat, Kerrsville (afterwards Kerrville),
1856-1860; Comfort,
1860-1862, Kerrville
since. |
Kerr 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 - Kerrville
Book Hotel Here - Kerrville
Hotels |
Kerr County 1907
postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Kerr County 1920s
map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Kerr County 1940s
map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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