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The Uvalde County Courthouse in Uvalde. Built in 1928, this courthouse  is the fifth structure used as the county courthouse, replacing the courthouse of 1890. John Nance Garner IV nicknamed "Cactus Jack" (November 22, 1868 November 7, 1967) was the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1931 33) and the 32nd Vice President of the United States (1933 41). Garner State Park, located 30 miles (48 km) north of Uvalde, Texas, was named in his honor., located 30 miles (48 km) north of Uvalde, Texas, was named in his honor.

The County seat is Uvalde. The county was organized in 1856, and contains an area of 1548 square miles: This is distinctively a stockraising county. The county was named in honor of a Mexican colonel Spaniard Juan de Ugalde, who gained a victory over the Indians in the Uvalde canyon. During the 1880s, the Sheriff of Uvalde County was noted gunman and former outlaw King Fisher.  Fisher died in a shoot out on Mar. 11, 1884.

Uvalde County was formed by legislative act from Bexar County on February 8, 1850, but failed to secure a permanent county status because of an insufficient number of settlers.  A much smaller Uvalde County was established by legislative enactment on February 2, 1856; four months later, on June 14, Encina was made county seat and renamed Uvalde. Slow but steady progress marked the pre-Civil War years. The second floor of the courthouse was made into a school, and six school districts were organized for the county in 1858. The San Antonio-El Paso Mail route was extended along the county's main road with a stop at Fort Inge in 1857.The estimated population increased from seventy-five in 1853 to 442 by 1858. By 1860 Uvalde County had a population of 506; at this time most county residents were engaged in the raising of livestock.   ONLINE DATA Mockingbird State Bird Coming Soon:   Website updates December 2011: Confederate Pension Application Index October 2011: Cemeteries: Con Can, Ethridge, Tollett, Threadgill, Herndon, Humphreys, Uvalde Co. (historical background) Obit: DeWITT, FOSTER, KINCAID, MOORE, SPARKS History: Early Elections, Post Offices & Postmasters, Fort Inge Census: 1880 Uvalde County Schools: Concan & Bear Creek Marriages: 1856-1880 Military: Memorial Park April 2011: Family Bible: THOMPSON; Cemeteries: HABY Cemetery; History: FOSTER Ranch, Utopia Landmarks, Formation of the county; Court Records: Probate Records; Obits: BAYLOR, SMYTH Dec 2009: WW2 Enlistments; buildings on National Register; Marr. Announcements for NEALY-SOCKWELL and MILLER-BAILEY; Bio of Capt. HUGHES; Indian Attacks in Uvalde, Massacre at Half Moon Valley; 1927 Map of County Jan 2009: 1880 Mortality Index  If you have information that you'd like to share about any town, family, county or subject, please send it to us and we'll make sure it gets posted to the right county.  We are looking for Census, Births, Deaths, Marriages, Biographies, Obituaries, and Newspaper Stories

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