Maverick County, Texas
| Maverick County, Texas | |
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Historic Maverick County Courthouse in Eagle Pass
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 Location in the U.S. state of Texas |
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 Texas's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1871 |
| Named for | Samuel Maverick |
| Seat | Eagle Pass |
| Largest city | Eagle Pass |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,292 sq mi (3,346 km2) |
| • Land | 1,279 sq mi (3,313 km2) |
| • Water | 13 sq mi (34 km2), 1.0% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 54,258 |
| • Density | 42/sq mi (16/km²) |
| Congressional district | 23rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Maverick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 54,258. Its county seat is Eagle Pass. The county was created in 1856 and organized in 1871. It is named for Samuel Maverick, cattleman and state legislator.
The Eagle Pass, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Maverick County. It is east from the Mexican border.
Prehistoric hunter-gatherer peoples were the first inhabitants, and their artifacts have been found in various areas of the county. Lipan Apache, Shawnee, and Coahuiltecan culture followed. The abandonment of Fort Duncan on March 20, 1861, during the Civil War, enabled the Indian population to gain control of the region; both American and Mexican inhabitants suffered tremendous loss of life and property. The fort was reoccupied in 1868. In early 1871, a number of Black Seminole Indians living along the border were organized into a company of scouts and brought to Fort Duncan. The last Indian raid in the county occurred in 1877. Three traders were murdered and mutilated by Lipan Apaches. The site of the incident, eight miles (13 km) northeast of Eagle Pass, became known as Deadman's Hill.
The El Camino Real, later known as the Old San Antonio Road, that crosses the Rio Grande, begins in East Texas and crosses southern Maverick County. The trail was originally blazed by Alonso De León in 1690, and is said to have been traversed by more early Spanish explorers and settlers than any other section of the state. In 1989, the legislature authorized the Old San Antonio Road Preservation Commission to coordinate the 1991 300th anniversary of the trail’s founding.
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