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MAVERICK COUNTY,
TEXAS
28°45'N 100°19'W
Population: 57,887 (2020)
54,258 (2010) 47,297 (2000) 36,378 (1990)
Total area: 1,292 square miles (3,350 km)
1,279 square miles (3,310 km) land
13 square miles (34 km) water |
Maverick County
History
Historical marker
on courthouse grounds, Eagle
Pass:
MAVERICK COUNTY
Created Feb. 2, 1856, from Kinney
County.
Organized July 13, 1871.
Named for Texas Revolution veteran, signer of declaration of Independence,
Texas Legislator Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870).
The county centers in an area of dairies, farming, ranching.
Hard-travelled El
Camino Real (path into Texas History for Louis St. Denis, Spanish
Missionaries, Moses Austin and countless troops and settlers) crossed
the Rio Grande near Eagle
Pass, the county seat. Site of Spanish Mission ruins, military
posts. Fort Duncan, now a military park, housed both U.S. and confederate
troops.
(1965) |
Maverick 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 - Eagle
Pass
Book Hotel Here - Eagle
Pass Hotels |
Maverick County,
Texas
Vintage Maps
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Maverick County
1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Maverick County
1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
Maverick County
1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy
Texas General Land Office |
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