50
YEARS BEFORE TEXAS' RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
1799
-
July 27, Juan Bautista Elguézabal, appointed governor
of Texas (1799-October 5, 1805).
1803
LOUISIANA
PURCHASE
1805
-
Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante, appointed governor
of Texas (1805-November 7, 1808).
1808
-
Manuel Maria de Salcedo, appointed governor of Texas (1808-January
22, 1811).
1811
- January 22, Juan Bautista de
las Casas, appointed governor of Texas (1811-March 2,
1811).
- March 1, Juan Manuel Sambrano,
appointed governor of Texas (1811-July 1811).
- July, Simon de Herrera, appointed
interim governor of Texas (1811-December 1811).
- December, Manuel Maria de Salcedo,
appointed second-term governor of Texas (1811-April 5,
1813).
1813
- Cristobal Dominguez, apponted
governor of Texas (1813-October 1814).
1814
- Benito de Armiñan, appointed
governor of Texas (1814-1815).
- Settlers arrived in the Red River
County area in Texas. Caddo, Delaware, Kickapoo and Shawnee
Native American land.
1815
-
Mariano Varela, appointed governor of Texas (1815-1816).
1816
-
July 27, Juan Ignacio Pérez, appointed governor of
Texas (1816-March 20, 1817).
1817
- The French born pirate Jean Laffite,
made his headquarters in Galveston, Galveston County,
Texas.
- March 20, Manuel Pardo, appointed
governor of Texas (1817-May 27, 1817).
- May 27, Antonio Maria Martinez,
appointed governor of Texas (1817-August 17, 1822).
1819
-
June, James Long, appointed governor of Texas (1819-October
28, 1819).
1822
- Baytown
area settled in Harris County, Texas.
Coordinates 29°44'N-94°58'W.
- August 17, José Felix
Trespalacios appointed governor of Texas (1822-April 17,
1823).
1823
- July 8, Luciano Garcia, appointed
governor of Texas (1823-October 12, 1823).
1824
- John Dickinson received a land
grant, from Mexican government, for the present Dickinson
area in Galveston County, Texas.
- Galena Park, settled by Ezekiel
Thomas in Harris County, Texas. Coordinates 29°44'N-95°14'W.
- Tevis
Bluff (today Beaumont) founded by Noah Tevis, Jefferson
County, Texas.
- August 15, Rafael Gonzalez, appointed
governor of Texas (1824-March 15, 1826).
- Michael Gouldrich received a
labor land grant, from Mexican Government, for the present
Kemah area in Galveston County, Texas.Attractions & Recreation :
Armand Bayou Park, Clear Lake Park, Kemah Boardwalk, McNair
Memorial Park, Meador Park, Miramar Park
1826
- May 30, Victor Blanco, appointed
governor of Texas (1826-January 27, 1827).
1827
-
July 4, José Maria Viesca, appointed governor of
Texas (1827-April 4, 1831).
1831
-
April 5, José Maria Letona, appointed governor of
Texas (1831-September 18, 1832).
1832
-
September 18, Juan Martin de Veramendi, appointed governor
of Texas (1832-1833).
1833
- Galena Park named Clinton by
Isaac Batterson, in Harris County, Texas.
- Juan José de Vidauri y
Villaseñor, appointed governor of Texas (1833-1834).
- The name of the Spanish mission
San Filipe del Rio shortened to Del Rio. Today a city
in Val Verde County, Texas. Coordinates 29°22'N-100°54'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: International Amistad Dam, Whitehead Memorial
Museum
1834
- Maryville (today Beeville)
settled in Bee County, Texas. Renamed Beeville for General
Bernard E. Bee. Coordinates 28°24'N-97°45'W.
- August 30, Juan José Elguézabal,
appointed governor of Texas (1834-March 12, 1835).
1835
- Henry Millard bought land to
establish the townsite of Beaumont, named for his brother
in law Jefferson Beaumont, today a major city in Jefferson
County, Texas. Coordinates 30°05'N-94°06'W.
- Bexar County established in Texas,
seat San Antonio.
- March 12, José Maria Cantu,
appointed governor of Texas (1835-April 14, 1835).
- April 14, Agustin M. Viesca,
appointed governor of Texas (1835-June 8, 1835).
- June, Marciel Borrego, appointed
governor of Texas (1835-November 1835).
- June 28, Ramon Musquiz, appointed
governor (not taking office) of Texas.
- November, Texans established
a provisional government in Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.
- November 15, Henry Smith,
appointed governor of Texas (1835-January 11, 1836).
1836
- Austin County established in
Texas, seat Bellville.
- Bastrop County established in
Texas, seat Bastrop.
- Brazoria County established in
Texas, seat Angleton.
- Colorado County established in
Texas, seat Columbus;
- The Republic of Texas granted
Michel B. Menard Galveston area land, in Galveston County,
Texas.
- Goliad County established in
Texas, seat Goliad.
- Gonzales County established in
Texas, seat Gonzales.
- Harris County established in
Texas, seat Houston.
- Jackson County established in
Texas, seat Edna.
- Jasper County established in
Texas, seat Jasper.
- Jefferson County established
in Texas, seat Beaumont.
- Liberty County established in
Texas, seat Liberty.
- Matagorda County established
in Texas, seat Bay City.
- Milam County established in Texas,
seat Cameron.
- Nacogdoches County established
in Texas, seat Nacogdoches.
- Red River County established
in Texas, seat Clarksville. Cities/Towns/Places
:Annona, Avery, Bagwell, Bogata, Clarksville,
Detroit, Dimple.
- Sabine County established in
Texas, seat Hemphill.
- San Augustine County established
in Texas, seat San Augustine.
- San Patricio County established
in Texas, seat Sinton.
- Shelby County established in
Texas, seat Center.
- Texas independence from
Mexico.
- Victoria County established in
Texas, seat Victoria.
- Washington County estabnlished
in Texas, seat Brenham.
- January 11, James W. Robinson,
appointed acting governor of Texas (1836-March 1, 1836).
- February 23, the army of General
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, arrived outside San Antonio,
Texas.
- March 2, Richard Ellis, appointed
president of the convention (governor) of Texas (1836-March
16, 1836).
- March 6, James Bowie,
died in San Antonio, Texas. Battle
of the Alamo(*)hero.
- March 6, David(Davy)
Crockett, died in San Antonio, Texas. Politician and legendary
frontiersman.
- March 17, David Gouverneur
Burnet, appointed president of the ad-interim government
of Texas (1836-October 22, 1836).
- October 22, Sam Houston,
appointed president of Texas (1836-December 10, 1838).
1837
- Austinia laid out, a small community
near present Texas City in Galveston County, Texas. The
settlement completely disappeared.
- Fannin County established in
Texas, seat Bonham.
- Fayette County established in
Texas, seat La Grange.
- Fort Bend County established
in Texas, seat Richmond.
- Houston County established in
Texas, seat Crockett.
- Montgomery County established
in Texas, seat Conroe.
- Robertson County established
in Texas, seat Franklin.
1838
-
Beaumont,
incorporated as town and appointed city seat of Jefferson
County in Texas.
- Corpus Christi, founded by Colonel
Henry Lawrence Kinney, seat of Nueces County in Texas.
Coordinates 27°48'N-97°24'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Padre Island National
Seashore.
- Galveston County established
in Texas, seat Galveston.
- Galveston, appointed seat of
Galveston County, Texas. Coordinates 29°18'N-94°48'W.
- December 10, Mirabeau Buonaparte
Lamar, appointed president of Texas (1838-December 13,
1841).
1839
- Galveston, incorporated in Galveston
County, Texas. Attractions
& Recreation : Beach Pocket Park 1, Dellanera
RV Park, Galveston Island State Park, Jones Park, R.A.
Apffel East Beach Park, Schreiber Park, Seawolf Park,
Stewart Beach.
- Harrison County established in
Texas, seat Marshall.
- Shoal Point established near
present Texas City in Galveston County, Texas.
- Waterloo(Austin)
in Travis County, selected as the capital of the Republic
of Texas, and renamed for Stephen F. Austin, founder of
principal English-speaking settlements in Texas.
1840
- Austin
incorporated, seat of Travis County,
Texas. Coordinates 30°16'N-97°45'W. Austin
Today :
Attractions
& Recreation : O. Henry Museum, Elisabet
Ney Museum
- Bowie County established in Texas,
seat New Boston.
- Lamar County established in Texas,
seat Paris.
- Travis County established in
Texas, seat Austin
1841
- Brazos County established in
Texas, seat Bryan.
- John Neely Bryan, built the first
cabin on the site what is now Dallas in Dallas County,
Texas. Coordinates 32°47'N-96°48'W.
Attractions & Recreation : Fair
Park, Texas Amusement Park
- December 13, Sam Houston, appointed
second-term president of Texas (1841-December 9, 1844).
1842
- Farmers Branch founded (known
as Peters Colony) in Dallas County, Texas. Coordinates
32°56'N-96°53'W.
- Texas government moved from Austin
to Houston, due to the threat of a Mexican invasion.
1843
- First settlement, on a native
American council site, of Arlington in Tarrant County,
Texas, was called Bird's Fort.
- Rusk County established in Texas,
seat Henderson.
1844
-
December 9, Anson Jones, appointed president of Texas (1844-February
19, 1846).
1845
December
29, Texas TX 28th state admitted
to the Union
Texas
Today :
capital Austin.
Area 268,581 sq.mi.(695.625km²), 2nd largest
state, nickname 'Lone Star State'.
Counties 254 :
Anderson, Andrews, Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Armstrong,
Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee,
Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria,
Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet,
Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Cass,
Castro, Chambers, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran,
Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal,
Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett,
Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith,
Delta, Denton, DeWitt, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval,
Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Ellis, El Paso, Erath, Falls,
Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Fort Bend, Franklin,
Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Galveston, Garza, Gillespie,
Glasscock, Goliad, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes,
Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hardin,
Harris, Harrison, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson,
Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard,
Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchison, Irion, Jack, Jackson, Jasper,
Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones,
Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kent, Kerr, Kimble,
King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, La
Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Lipscomb,
Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, McLennan,
McMullen, Madison, Marion, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick,
Medina, Menard, Midland, Millam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague,
Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Motley, Nacogdoches, Navarro,
Newton, Nolan, Nueces, Ochiltree, Oldham, Orange, Palo
Pinto, Panola, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio,
Rains, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, Refugio,
Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San
Augustine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher,
Scurry, Shackelford, Shelby, Sherman, Smith, Somervell,
Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutter, Swisher,
Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus,
Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Tyler, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde,
Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Ward,
Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger,
Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Wood, Yoakum,
Young, Zapata, Zavala. Attractions
&Recreation
: Addicks Dam,
African American Museum, Alibates Flint Quarries National
Monument, Amistad National Recreation Area, Anahuac National
Wildlife Refuge, Aquilla Dam & Lake, Aransas National
Wildlife Refuge, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife
Refuge, Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge,
Bardwell Lake, Barker Dam, Belton Lake, Benbrook Lake,
Big Bend National Park, Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge,
Big Thicket National Preserve, Brazoria National Wildlife
Refuge, Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Chamizal
National Memorial, Choke Canyon Reservoir, Cooper Lake,
Dallas Museum of Natural History, Ferrells Bridge Dam
Lake O' The Pines, Flower Garden Banks National Marine
Sanctuary, Fort Davis National Historic Site,
- Texas government moved from Houston
to Austin.
1846
- Anderson County established in
Texas, seat Palestine. Total area 1,077.95 sq/mi.(2.792m²/km).
- Angelina County established in
Texas, seat Lufkin.
- Burleson County established in
Texas, seat Caldwell.
- Calhoun County established in
Texas, seat Port Lavaca
- Cass County established in Texas,
seat Linden
- Cherokee County established in
Texas, seat Rusk.
- Collin County established in
Texas, seat McKinney.
- Comal County established in Texas,
seat New Braunfels.
- Corpus Christi named after the
Corpus Christi Bay in Nueces County, Texas.
- Dallas County established in
Texas, seat Dallas. Cities/Towns/Places
: Addison, Balch
Springs, Buckingham, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Cockrell
Hill, Combine, Coppell, Dallas, De Soto, Duncanville,
Farmers Branch, Garland, Grand Prairie, Gulf Oil, Highland
Park, Hutchins, Irving, Kleberg, Lancaster, Mesquite,
Nationsbank, North Texas Mpc, Richardson, Rowlett, Sachse,
Seagoville, Sears, Sunnyvale, University Park, Village,
Wilmer, Wylie.
- Denton County established in
Texas, seat Denton.
- DeWitt County established in
Texas, seat Cuero.
- Gillespie County established
in Texas, seat Fredericksburg.
- Grayson County established in
Texas, seat Sherman.
- Grimes County established in
Texas, seat Anderson.
- Guadalupe County established
in Texas, seat Seguin.
- Henderson County established
in Texas, seat Athens.
- Hopkins County established in
Texas, seat Sulphur Springs.
- Hunt County established in Texas,
seat Greenville.
- Lavaca County established in
Texas, seat Hallettsville.
- Leon County established in Texas,
seat Centerville.
- Limestone County established
in Texas, seat Groesbeck.
- Navarro County established in
Texas, seat Corsicana.
- Newton County established in
Texas, seat Newton.
- Nueces County established in
Texas, seat Corpus Christi.
- Panola County established in
Texas, seat Carthage.
- Peters Colony (today Addison)
settled in Dallas County, Texas.
- Polk County established in Texas,
seat Livingston.
- Smith County established in Texas,
seat Tyler.
- Titus County established in Texas,
seat Mount Pleasant.
- Tyler County established in Texas,
seat Woodville.
- Upshur County established in
Texas, seat Gilmer.
- Walker County established in
Texas, seat Huntsville.
- Wharton County established in
Texas, seat Wharton.
- February 19, James Pinckney Henderson,
elected first governor of Texas (1846-December 21, 1847).
- March 28, General Zachary Taylor,
constructed a fort later named Fort Brown at Brownsville
(part of Matamoros) in Cameron County, Texas.
- May 8, The Battles of Palo Alto
and Resaca de la Palma were fought nearby Brownsville
in Cameron County, Texas.
- May 9, Major Jacob Brown, died
(Brown) when defending fort (Brown) against Mexican attacks
in Cameron County, Texas.
1847
-
December 21, George Tyler(Thomas) Wood, elected second governor
of Texas (1847-December 21, 1849).
1848
- Brownsville,
appointed seat of Cameron County in Texas.
- Caldwell County established in
Texas, seat Lockhart.
- Cameron County established in
Texas, seat Brownsville.
- Cooke County established in Texas,
seat Gainesville.
- El Paso area became U.S. territory
and an Army post was built, in El Paso County, Texas.
- Hayes County established in Texas,
seat San Marcos.
- Kaufman County established in
Texas, seat Kaufman.
- Medina County established in
Texas, seat Hondo.
- Starr County established in Texas,
seat Rio Grande City.
- Van Zandt County established
in Texas, seat Canton.
- Webb County established in Texas,
seat Laredo.
- Williamson County established
in Texas, seat Georgetown.
1849
- Big Spring settled, named by
Captain R.B. Marcy for his discovery of a spring near
Sulphur Draw, Howard County, Texas. Coordinates 32°15'N-101°28'W.
- Ellis County established in Texas,
seat Waxahachie.
- Fort Bliss established near El
Paso in El Paso County, Texas.
- Fort Duncan, established near
Eagle Pass city in Maverick County, Texas.
- Fort Worth, founded as frontier
outpost by Major Ripley Arnold, in Tarrant County, Texas.
Coordinates 32°45'N-97°20'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Amon Carter Museum of
Western Art, Southwestern Exposition.
- Tarrant County established in
Texas, seat Fort Worth.
- December 21, Peter Hansbrough
Bell, elected third governor of Texas (1849-November 23,
1853).
1850
- Texas population, 212,592 residents.
- Bell County established in Texas,
seat Belton.
-
Brownsville
incorporated in Cameron County, Texas.
Coordinates 25°54'N- 97°30'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Brownsville Heritage Complex,
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Fort Brown, Immaculate
Conception Cathedral, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic
Site.
- El Paso County established in
Texas, seat El Paso.
- Falls County established in Texas,
seat Marlin.
- Freestone County established
in Texas, seat Fairfield.
- Gainesville, settled near the
Red River on the California Trail, seat of Cooke County
in Texas. Coordinates 33°37'N-97°08'W. Named for
General Edmund Pendleton Gaines.
- King County established in Texas,
seat Guthrie.
- McLennan County established in
Texas, seat Waco.
- Presidio County established in
Texas, seat Marfa.
- Trinity County established in
Texas, seat Groveton.
- Uvalde County established in
Texas, seat Uvalde.
- Wood County established in Texas,
Quitman.
1852
- Burnet County established in
Texas, seat Burnet.
- Hidalgo County established in
Texas, seat Edinburg.
- Orange County established in
Texas, seat Orange.
1853
- The Army left Fort Worth in Tarrant
County, Texas.
- Hill County established in Texas,
seat Hillsboro.
- The 15,500 acres King
Ranch, later Kingsville in Kleberg County, Texas, purchased
by early steamboat Captain Richard King.
- November 23, James Wilson
Henderson, elected acting governor of Texas (1853).
- December 21, Elisha
Marshall Pease, elected governor of Texas (1853-December
21, 1857).
1854
- Bosque County established in
Texas, seat Meridian.
- Coryell County established in
Texas, seat Gatesville.
- Johnson County established in
Texas, seat Cleburne.
- Karnes County established in
Texas, seat Karnes City.
- First settlers arrived in the
present League City area, Galveston County, Texas.
- The Galveston, Houston and Henderson
Railroad, built through the League City area in Galveston
County, Texas.
- Madison County established in
Texas, seat Madisonville.
1855
-
Parker County established in Texas, seat Weatherford.
1856
- Atascosa County established in
Texas, seat Jourdanton.
- Bandera County established in
Texas, seat Bandera.
- Brown County established in Texas,
seat Brownwood.
- Brownwood founded, seat of Brown
County, Texas. Named after Texas Indian fighter, Captain
Henry S. Brown. Coordinates 31°43'N-98°59'W.
- Comanche County established in
Texas, seat Comanche.
- Dallas, incorporated as town
in Dallas County, Texas.
- Eagle Pass on the Rio Grande,
appointed seat of Maverick County in Texas. Coordinates
28°43'N-100°30'W.
- Erath County established in Texas,
seat Stephenville.
- Kerr County established in Texas,
seat Kerrville.
- Lampasas County established in
Texas, seat Lampasas.
- Live Oak County established in
Texas, seat George West.
- Llano County established in Texas,
seat Llano.
- Maverick County established in
Texas, seat Eagle Pass.
- McCulloch County established
in Texas, seat Brady.
- Palo Pinto Countyestablished
in Texas, seat Palo Pinto.
- Refugio County established in
Texas, seat Refugio.
- San Saba County established in
Texas, seat San Saba.
- Wise County established in Texas,
seat Decatur.
- Young County established in Texas,
seat Graham.
1857
- Bee County established in Texas,
seat Beeville.
- Clay County established in Texas,
seat Henrietta.
- Denton, settled and seat of Denton
County, Texas. Coordinates 33°13'N-97°08'W.
- Jack County established in Texas,
seat Jacksboro.
- Montague County established in
Texas, seat Montague.
- December 21, Hardin Richard Runnels,
elected governor of Texas (1857-December 25, 1973).
1858
- Archer County established in
Texas, seat Archer City.
- Baylor County established in
Texas, seat Seymour.
- Beeville, appointed seat of Bee
County, Texas.
- Blanco County established in
Texas, seat Johnson City.
- Chambers County established in
Texas, seat Anahuac.
- Coleman County established in
Texas, seat Coleman.
- Concho County established in
Texas, seat Paint Rock.
- Dawson County established in
Texas, seat Lamesa.
- Dimmit County established in
Texas, seat Carrizo Springs.
- Duval County established in Texas,
seat San Diego.
- Eastland County established in
Texas, seat Eastland.
- Edwards County established in
Texas, seat Rocksprings.
- Frio County established in Texas,
seat Pearsall.
- French and Swiss artisan settlers,
arrived in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
- Hamilton County established in
Texas, seat Hamilton.
- Hardeman County established in
Texas, seat Quanah.
- Hardin County established in
Texas, seat Kountze.
- Haskell County established in
Texas, seat Haskell.
- Kimble County established in
Texas, seat Junction.
- Knox County established in Texas,
seat Benjamin.
- La Salle County established in
Texas, seat Cotulla.
- Mason County establsihed in Texas,
seat Mason.
- McMullen County established in
Texas, seat Tilden.
- Menard County established in
Texas, seat Menard.
- Runnels County established in
Texas, seat Ballinger.
- Shackelford County established
in Texas, seat Albany.
- Stephens County established in
Texas, seat Breckenridge.
- Taylor County established in
Texas, seat Abilene.
- Throckmorton County established
in Texas, seat Throckmorton.
- Wichita County established in
Texas, seat Wichita Falls.
- Wilbarger County established
in Texas, seat Vernon.
- Zapata County established in
Texas, seat Zapata.
- Zavala County established in
Texas, seat Crystal City.
- September 3, George Tyler Wood,
died and buried near Point Black in Panda County, Texas.
Second governor of Texas (1847-1849).
1859
- Bryan founded, seat of Brazos
County, Texas. Named for William Joel Bryan. Coordinates
30°40'N-96°22'W. Bryan Today :
Attractions
& Recreation : Texas International Speedway.
- El Paso laid out in El Paso County,
Texas. Coordinates 31°45'N-106°29'W.
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral,
built in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.
- December 21, Sam Houston, elected
governor of Texas (1859-March 16, 1861).
1860
- Texas population 604,215 residents.
- Dickinson, became a railroad
stop, in Galveston County, Texas.
- Marion County established in
Texas, seat Jefferson.
- Wilson County established in
Texas, seat Floresville.
1861
- March 16, Edward
Clark, appointed acting governor of Texas (1861-November
7, 1861).
APRIL - BEGINNING OF
THE CIVIL WAR
- November 7, Francis
Richard Lubbock, elected governor of Texas (1861-November
5, 1863).
1862
Civil War period
- Kendall County established in
Texas, seat Boerne.
- October, Galveston captured by
the Federal fleet, Galveston County, Texas.
1863
Civil War period
- January 1, Confederate army recaptured
Galveston from Federal troops, Galveston County, Texas.
- November 5, Pendleton Murrah,
elected governor of Texas (1863-June 17, 1865).
1864
Civil War period
- A Confederate shipyard built
at Goose Creek, Baytown in Harris County, Texas.
1865
MAY - END
OF THE CIVIL WAR
- Hood County established in Texas,
seat Granbury.
- June 17, Andrew Jackson Hamilton,
elected governor of Texas (1865-August 9, 1866).
- May 13, Civil War skirmish in
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas and in Matamoros (now
Mexico).
1866
- Denton, incorporated in Denton
County. Texas.
- August 9, James Webb Throckmorton,
elected governor of Texas (1866-August 8, 1867).
1867
- Cleburne, appointed seat of Johnson
County in Texas. Named for Confederate General Patrick
Ronayne Cleburne. Coordinates 32°21'N-97°23'W.
- La Marque ( known as Highlands
and Buttermilk Station) population six families, in Galveston
County, Texas.Attractions
& Recreation : Carbide Park, Carver Park,
Mahan Park
- August 8, Elisha Marshall Pease,
elected second-term governor of Texas (1867-September
30, 1869).
1868
-
November 22, John Nance Garner (Cactus Jack) born in Red
River County, Texas. U.S. Vice President (1933-1941) under
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1870
- Texas population 818,579 residents.
- Delta County established in Texas,
seat Cooper.
- Rains County established in Texas,
seat Emory.
- San Jacinto County established
in Texas, seat Coldspring.
- January 8, Edmund Jackson Davis,
elected governor of Texas (1870-January 4, 1874).
1871
- Aransas County established in
Texas, seat Rockport.
- Cleburne incorporated in Johnson
County, Texas.
- Dallas, incorporated as city
in Dallas County, Texas.
- The Houston and Texas Central
Railroad, arrived in Austin, Texas.
- Pecos County established in Texas,
seat Fort Stockton.
1872
- Bryan incorporated in Brazos
County, Texas.
- Del Rio (former Spanish mission
San Filipe del Rio) founded in Val Verde County, Texas.
- Denison, organized by the Missouru-Kansas-Texas
Railroad in Grayson County, Texas. Coordinates 33°45'N-96°33'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Eisenhower State Park, Hagerman National
Wildlife Refuge, Lake Texoma Resort Area, State Historical
Park.
1873
- El Paso incorporated in El Paso
County, Texas.
- Fort Worth, incorporated in Tarrant
County, Texas.
- Gainesville, incorporated in
Cooke County, Texas.
- Gregg County established in Texas,
seat Longview.
- Butler's Ranch or Clear Creek(present
League City) former Karankawa Native American village.
George W. Butler from Louisiana, the first resident to
the area in Galveston County, Texas.
- Rockwall County established in
Texas, seat Rockwall.
- Texas Christian University established
in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
- Waller County established in
Texas, seat Hempstead.
1874
- Camp County established in Texas,
seat Pittsburg.
- Lee County established in Texas,
seat Giddings.
- Tom Green County established
in Texas, seat San Angelo.
- Walker Station (present Annona)
founded in Red River County, Texas.
- January 11, Gail Borden, died
in Borden, Texas. U.S. businessman, inventor and philanthropist.
- January 15, Richard Coke, elected
governor of Texas (1874-December 1, 1876).
1875
- Brownwood on the Pecan Bayou,
incorporated and appointed seat of Brown County in Texas.
- Crockett County established in
Texas, seat Ozona.
- Franklin County established in
Texas, seat Mount Vernon.
- Morris County established in
Texas, seat Daingerfield.
- Somervell County established
in Texas, seat Glen Rose.
1876
- Andrews County established in
Texas, seat Andrews.
- Arlington platted by railroad
men in Tarrant County, Texas. Coordinates 32)44'N-97°07'W.
Arlington
Today : Attractions
& Recreation : Six
Flags over Texas, Turnpike Stadium.
- Armstrong County established
in Texas, seat Claude.
- Bailey County established in
Texas, seat Muleshoe.
- Borden County established in
Texas, seat Gail.
- Briscoe County established in
Texas, seat Silverton.
- Carson County established in
Texas, seat Panhandle.
- Castro County established in
Texas, seat Dimmitt.
- Cochran County established in
Texas, seat Morton.
- Collingsworth County established
in Texas, seat Wellington.
- Crosby County established in
Texas, seat Crosbyton.
- Dallam County established in
Texas, seat Dalhart.
- Deaf Smith County established
in Texas, seat Hereford.
- Dickens County established in
Texas, seat Dickens.
- Donley County established in
Texas, seat Clarendon.
- Fisher County established in
Texas, seat Roby.
- Floyd County established in Texas,
seat Floydada.
- Gaines County established in
Texas, seat Seminole.
- Garza County established in Texas,
seat Post.
- Gray County established in Texas,
seat Pampa.
- Hale County established in Texas,
seat Plainview.
- Hall County established in Texas,
seat Memphis.
- Hansford County established in
Texas, seat Spearman.
- Hartley County established in
Texas, seat Channing.
- Hemphill County established in
Texas, seat Canadian.
- Howard County established in
Texas, seat Big Spring.
- Huston-Tillotson College established
in Austin, Texas.
- Hutchinson County established
in Texas, seat Stinnett.
- Kent County established in Texas,
seat Jayton
- Kinney County established in
Texas, seat Brackettville.
- Lamb County established in Texas,
seat Littlefield.
- Lipscomb County established in
Texas, seat Lipscomb.
- Lynn County established in Texas,
seat Tahoka.
- Martin County established in
Texas, seat Stanton.
- Mitchell County established in
Texas, seat Colorado City.
- Moore County established in Texas,
seat Dumas.
- Motley County established in
Texas, seat Matador.
- Nolan County established in Texas,
seat Sweetwater.
- Ochiltree County established
in Texas, seat Perryton.
- Oldham County established in
Texas, seat Vega.
- Parmer County established in
Texas, seat Farwell.
- Potter County established in
Texas, seat Amarillo.
- Randall County established in
Texas, seat Canyon.
- Roberts County established in
Texas, seat Miami.
- Scurry County established in
Texas, seat Snyder.
- Sherman County established in
Texas, seat Stratford.
- Stonewall County established
in Texas, seat Aspermont.
- Swisher County established in
Texas, seat Tulia.
- Terry County established in Texas,
seat Brownfield.
- Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
University established in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
- Railroad arrived in Walker Station
(present Annona), in Red River County, Texas.
- Wheeler County established in
Texas, seat Wheeler.
- Yoakum County established in
Texas, seat Plains.
- September 27, Braxton Bragg,
died in Galveston, Texas. Confederate Officer during the
U.S. Civil War.
- December 1, Richard Bennett Hubbard,
elected governor of Texas (1876-January 21, 1879).
1877
- Callahan County established in
Texas, seat Baird.
- A post office established in
College Station, Brazos County, Texas.
- Santa Fe Railroad arrived outside
the Santa Fe City area in Galveston County, Texas. Attractions
& Recreation : Jack Brooks Park, Mae
S. Bruce Library
1879
- Gainesville, chartered as a city
in Cooke County, Texas.
- Parker Station settled (later
named Aledo) in Texas.
- January 21, Oran Milo Roberts,
elected governor of Texas (January 16, 1883).
1880
- Texas population 1,591,749 residents.
- August 30, James Wilson Henderson,
died in Houston, Texas. Fourth governor of Texas (1853).
1881
- Beaumont, incorporated as city
in Jefferson County, Texas.
- Bishop College established in
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
- First railroad arrived in Corpus
Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
- Railroad arrived in El Paso,
El Paso County, Texas.
- Jones County established in Texas,
seat Anson.
- The University of Texas founded
in Austin, Jefferson County.
- March 15, Abilene town founded
in Texas.
- May, the Texas and Pacific Railroad
arrived in Big Spring, Howard County, Texas.
- June 17, C.E. Gilbert began publishing
the 'Reporter' newspaper (today Abilene Reporter-News)
out of an office in a tent in Abilene, Texas, it is the
oldest continuous business in Abilene.
1882
-
Big Spring, appointed seat of Howard County, Texas.
- Parker Station, renamed Aledo,
in Texas. Named after Aledo in Illinois.
1883
- January 16, John Ireland, elected
governor of Texas (1883-January 18, 1887).
- August 26, Elisha Marshall Pease,
died in Austin, Texas. Governor of Texas (1853-1857).
1884
-
Crystal City, appointed seat of Zavala County in Texas.
1885
- Midland County established in
Texas, seat Midland.
- Reeves County established in
Texas, seat Pecos.
- St. Edwards University founded
in Austin, Texas.
- Val Verde County established
in Texas, seat Del Rio.
1886
-
Alice city, established in Jim Wells
County, Texas. Located at a junction of the San Antonio-Aransas
Pass and Texas Mexican railroads. Named for Alice Kleberg,
owner of the King Ranch. Coordinates : 27°45'N-98°04'W.
- Allen Military Academy,
founded in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas.
1887
- Amarillo
city, in Potter and Randall counties, Texas. Established
as a railroad construction camp. Coordinates 35°13'N-101°49'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
- Brewster County established
in Texas, seat Alpine.
- Childress County established
in Texas, seat Childress.
- Ector County established
in Texas, seat Odessa.
- Garland, founded in
Dallas County, Texas. Coordinates 32°54'N-96°39'W.
- Glasscock County established
in Texas,seat Garden City.
- Jeff Davis County established
in Texas, seat Fort Davis.
- Post office operational
in La Marque, Galveston County, Texas.
- Loving County established
in Texas, seat Mentone.
- Mills County established
in Texas, seat Goldthwaite.
- Schleicher County established
in Texas, seat Eldorado.
- Sutton County established
in Texas, seat Sonora.
- Upton County established
in Texas, seat Rankin.
- Winkler County established
in Texas, seat Kermit.
- January 18, Lawrence
Sullivan Ross, elected governor of Texas (1887-January
20, 1891).
1889
- Coke County established in Texas,
seat Robert Lee.
- Howard Payne College established
in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas.
- Irion County established in Texas,
seat Mertzon
1890
- Texas population 2,235,527 residents.
- Annona poulation 250 residents,
in Red River County, Texas.
- La Marque population, 100 residents,
in Galveston County, Texas.
- North Texas State University
established in Denton, Denton County, Texas.
- Post office opened in Dickinson,
Galveston County, Texas.
- El Paso population reached 10,338
inhabitants, in El Paso County, Texas.
- September 6, Claire Lee Chennault,
born in Commerce, Texas. U.S. Brigadier General.
- October 14, Dwiight David Eisenhower,
born in Denison Texas. Thirty-fourth president of the
United States (1953-1961).
1891
- Denison incorporated in Grayson
County, Texas.
- Foard County established in Texas,
seat Crowell.
- The Medical Branch of the University
of Texas, established in Galveston, Galveston County,
Texas.
- Lubbock County established in
Texas, seat Lubbock.
- Sterling County established in
Texas, seat Sterling City.
- Texas Wesleyan College established
in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.
- January 20, James Stephen Hogg,
eleceted governor of Texas (1891-January 15, 1895).
1892
- Amarillo
city incorporated in Potter and Randall counties, Texas.
- Cottle County established
in Texas, seat Paducah.
- Ward County established
in Texas, seat Monahans.
1893
- Butler's Ranch/Clear Creek name
change to League City, after J.C. League who acquired
the area in Galveston County, Texas.
Attractions & Recreation : Armand
Bayou Park, Butler Longhorn Museum, Challenger Seven Memorial
Park, Clear Lake, Helen Hall Library, Mud Lake, Newport
Park, Walter Hall Park
- Shoal Point community named Texas
City, in Galveston County, Texas. Attractions
& Recreation : Anchor Park, Austinia
Historical Marker, Bay Lake Ranch, Bay Street Park, Bayou
Golf Club, Campbell's Bayou, Carbide Park, Carver Park,
Charles T. Doyle Convention Center, Colonel H.B. Moore
House, Dollar Bay, Heritage Square, Jack Brooks Park,
Memorial Park, Mikesha-Sandberg Park, Moses Lake, Noble
Park, Shoal Point Lighthouse Historical Marker, Skyline
Drive, Swan Lake, Texas City Dike, Texas City Museum,
The Best Little Theatre in Texas
- Frank B. Davison appointed first
postmaster of Texas City in Galveston County, Texas.
1894
-
Bay City, founded and appointed seat of Matogorda County
in Texas. Coordinates 28°59'N-95°58'W.
1895
- University of Texas
established at Arlington in Tarrant County, Texas.
- July 15, Quakers
(or Friends) settled a colony and named it Friendswood,
in Galveston County, Texas. Attractions
& Recreation : Armand Bayou Park, Challenger
Seven Memorial Park, Clear Lake, Frank J. Brown Museum,
Mud Lake, Perry House
- January 15, Charles
Allen Culberson, elected governor of Texas (1895-January
17, 1899).
50 YEARS
AFTER TEXAS' RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
TX
1795-1895
ANDERSON COUNTY
Timeline 1
Topic
1846
- Anderson
County established in Texas, seat Palestine. Total area 1,077.95
sq/mi.(2.792m²/km).
TX
1795-1895
ANDREWS COUNTY
Timeline
1 Topic
1876
- Andrews
County established in Texas, seat Andrews.
TX
1795-1895
DALLAS
COUNTY Timeline 9
Topics
1841
-
John Neely Bryan, built the first cabin on the site what
is now Dallas in Dallas County, Texas. Coordinates 32°47'N-96°48'W.
Attractions & Recreation
: Fair Park, Texas Amusement Park
1842
- Farmers Branch founded (known
as Peters Colony) in Dallas County, Texas. Coordinates
32°56'N-96°53'W.
1846
- Dallas County established in
Texas, seat Dallas. Cities/Towns/Places
: Addison, Balch
Springs, Buckingham, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Cockrell
Hill, Combine, Coppell, Dallas, De Soto, Duncanville,
Farmers Branch, Garland, Grand Prairie, Gulf Oil, Highland
Park, Hutchins, Irving, Kleberg, Lancaster, Mesquite,
Nationsbank, North Texas Mpc, Richardson, Rowlett, Sachse,
Seagoville, Sears, Sunnyvale, University Park, Village,
Wilmer, Wylie.
- Peters Colony (today Addison)
settled in Dallas County, Texas.
1856
-
Dallas, incorporated as town in Dallas County, Texas.
1858
-
French and Swiss artisan settlers, arrived in Dallas, Dallas
County, Texas.
1871
-
Dallas, incorporated as city in Dallas County, Texas.
1881
-
Bishop College established in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
1887
-
Garland, founded in Dallas County, Texas. Coordinates 32°54'N-96°39'W.
TX
1795-1895 GALVESTON
COUNTY Timeline 25
Topics
1817
- The
French born pirate Jean Laffite, made his headquarters in
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.
1824
- John Dickinson received a land
grant, from Mexican government, for the present Dickinson
area in Galveston County, Texas.
- Michael Gouldrich received a
labor land grant, from Mexican Govern