Wilson County, Texas
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The Wilson County Courthouse in Floresville. The courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 5, 1978.
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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 | 1860 |
| Named for | James Charles Wilson |
| Seat | Floresville |
| Largest city | Floresville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 808 sq mi (2,093 km2) |
| • Land | 804 sq mi (2,082 km2) |
| • Water | 4.7 sq mi (12 km2), 0.6% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 42,918 |
| • Density | 53/sq mi (20/km²) |
| Congressional districts | 15th, 28th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,918. Its county seat is Floresville. The county is named after James Charles Wilson.
Wilson County is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Archeological evidence in the Wilson County area reveals early habitation from the Paleo-Indians Hunter-gatherers period. Later, the area was a hunting range for Tonkawa, Aranamas, Tamiques, Karankawa. Tawakoni, Lipan Apache and Comanche lived and hunted in the county.
In September 1718 Martín de Alarcón crossed the area on his way to explore the bay of Espíritu Santo. Pedro de Rivera y Villalón crossed the county in 1727 as part of an expedition to inspect the frontier defenses of New Spain. In 1766–67 the Marqués de Rubí included the area in his inspection of the Spanish frontier, and the 1798 explorations of the coast by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado skirted the area.
The first two land grants in the area were to Luis Menchaca and Andrés Hernández, who established ranches circa 1832-1833.
Anglos began arriving in the 1840s, and Southern planters in 1850 and 1860, followed by German and Polish immigrants from other counties.
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