Uvalde County, Texas
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The Uvalde County Courthouse was built in 1928 in neoclassical design. It is the fifth structure used as the county courthouse,having replaced the previous building constructed in 1890.
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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 | 1856 |
| Named for | Juan de Ugalde |
| Seat | Uvalde |
| Largest city | Uvalde |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,559 sq mi (4,038 km2) |
| • Land | 1,552 sq mi (4,020 km2) |
| • Water | 6.7 sq mi (17 km2), 0.4% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 26,405 |
| • Density | 17/sq mi (7/km²) |
| Congressional district | 23rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Uvalde County (/juˈvældi/ yoo-VAL-dee) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 26,405. Its county seat is Uvalde. The county was created in 1850 and organized in 1856. It is named for Juan de Ugalde, the Spanish governor of Coahuila. Uvalde County was founded by Reading Wood Black who also founded the city of Uvalde, Texas.
Uvalde County comprises the Uvalde, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Artifacts establish human habitation dating back to 7000 B.C. Evidence of a permanent Indian village on the Leona River at a place south of the Fort Inge site is indicated in the written accounts of Fernando del Bosque's exploration in 1675. Comanche, Tonkawa, Seminole and Lipan Apache continued hunting and raiding settlers into the 19th Century.
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