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In the spring of 1846 a group led by
Edward H. Tarrant, a Texas Ranger, met at the home of Thomas I.
Smith. The men at the meeting drew up a petition for a new county to
be made out of Robertson County, with a temporary county seat to be
located at the home of W. R. Howe. Clinton M. Winkler, a local
lawyer, presented the petition to the state legislature in Austin,
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The new county included all the portion of
Robertson County within the east bank of the Brazos River to the
northwest corner of Limestone County. It also extended to the
Trinity River and north to Dallas County. It was named Navarro
County in honor of José Antonio Navarro, a Texas patriot. The county
seat remained at Howe's home until his death in 1847. On February 8,
1848, a committee headed by Tarrant voted to set up a permanent
county seat at the halfway point between Porter's Bluff and Dresden. |
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Rev. Hampton McKinney was already
living at the site and later constructed the McKinney Inn at the
location. On February 25, 1848, Thomas Smith donated 100 acres of
land at the McKinney site, and C. C. Taylor was employed to
construct a town plot. José Antonio Navarro chose the name Corsicana
in honor of the Isle of Corsica, his father's birthplace.
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Angus
Barry
Blooming Grove
Corsicana
Dawson
Emhouse
Eureka
Frost
Goodlow
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Kerens
Mildred
Mustang
Navarro
Oak Valley
Powell
Retreat
Rice
Richland
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