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In the years prior to Texas independence, the area was
governed by the Municipality of Washington, which became
Washington County during the Texas Revolution. In 1837 the
First Congress of the Republic of Texas included the area of
present Walker County in Montgomery County when that county
was carved from Washington County. Steamboat navigation
of the Trinity River spurred the earliest burst of commerce in
the county. In 1838 James DeWitt established the port town of
Cincinnati, which soon became the leading regional commercial
center, partly because it was on the stage road connecting
Washington-on-the-Brazos and Nacogdoches. |
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In April 1846 the First Legislature of the new state of Texas
established Walker County and designated Huntsville the seat
of government. The county's first officials included Milton
Estill as chief justice, Isaac McGary as county clerk, and
William Reeves as sheriff. James Mitchell, Benjamin W.
Robinson, Elijah S. Collard, and D. J. Tucker, the county
commissioners, held their first session on July 27, 1846, in
Huntsville.
Cities and towns
Huntsville
New Waverly
Riverside
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