Texas Counties: Year Created

Counties are created by the Texas legislature. They are considered legally organized after a county seat has been established and a commissioner's court has been elected and seated.

Map of Texas Counties By Year Created

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23	1836	31	1858

13	1837-1843	19	1860-1875

31	1846	54	1876

13	1848-1849	19	1883-1891

19	1850-1854	11	1903-1931

21	1855-1857

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Year Created

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Rank	Name	Year Created	Year Organized
1	Austin	1836	1836
2	Bastrop	1836	1837
3	Bexar	1836	1836
4	Brazoria	1836	1836
5	Colorado	1836	1836
6	Goliad	1836	1836
7	Gonzales	1836	1836
8	Harris	1836	1836
9	Jackson	1836	1836
10	Jasper	1836	1836
11	Jefferson	1836	1836
12	Liberty	1836	1836
13	Matagorda	1836	1836
14	Milam	1836	1836
15	Nacogdoches	1836	1836
16	Red River	1836	1836
17	Refugio	1836	1836
18	Sabine	1836	1836
19	San Augustine	1836	1836
20	San Patricio	1836	1836
21	Shelby	1836	1836
22	Victoria	1836	1836
23	Washington	1836	1836
24	Fannin	1837	1838
25	Fayette	1837	1838
26	Fort Bend	1837	1838
27	Houston	1837	1837
28	Montgomery	1837	1837
29	Robertson	1837	1838
30	Galveston	1838	1838
31	Harrison	1839	1842
32	Bowie	1840	1841
33	Lamar	1840	1841
34	Travis	1840	1840
35	Brazos	1841	1843
36	Rusk	1843	1843
37	Anderson	1846	1846
38	Angelina	1846	1846
39	Burleson	1846	1846
40	Calhoun	1846	1846
41	Cass	1846	1846
42	Cherokee	1846	1846
43	Collin	1846	1846
44	Comal	1846	1846
45	Dallas	1846	1846
46	Denton	1846	1846
47	DeWitt	1846	1846
48	Grayson	1846	1846
49	Grimes	1846	1846
50	Guadalupe	1846	1846
51	Henderson	1846	1846
52	Hopkins	1846	1846
53	Hunt	1846	1846
54	Lavaca	1846	1846
55	Leon	1846	1846
56	Limestone	1846	1846
57	Navarro	1846	1846
58	Newton	1846	1846
59	Nueces	1846	1847
60	Panola	1846	1846
61	Polk	1846	1846
62	Smith	1846	1846
63	Titus	1846	1846
64	Tyler	1846	1846
65	Upshur	1846	1846
66	Walker	1846	1846
67	Wharton	1846	1846
68	Caldwell	1848	1848
69	Cameron	1848	1848
70	Cooke	1848	1849
71	Gillespie	1848	1848
72	Hays	1848	1848
73	Kaufman	1848	1848
74	Medina	1848	1848
75	Starr	1848	1848
76	Van Zandt	1848	1848
77	Webb	1848	1848
78	Williamson	1848	1848
79	Ellis	1849	1850
80	Tarrant	1849	1850
81	Bell	1850	1850
82	El Paso	1850	1871
83	Falls	1850	1850
84	Freestone	1850	1851
85	Kinney	1850	1874
86	McLennan	1850	1850
87	Presidio	1850	1875
88	Trinity	1850	1850
89	Uvalde	1850	1856
90	Wood	1850	1850
91	Burnet	1852	1854
92	Hidalgo	1852	1852
93	Orange	1852	1852
94	Hill	1853	1853
95	Madison	1853	1854
96	Bosque	1854	1854
97	Coryell	1854	1854
98	Johnson	1854	1854
99	Karnes	1854	1854
100	Parker	1855	1856
101	Atascosa	1856	1856
102	Bandera	1856	1856
103	Brown	1856	1858
104	Comanche	1856	1856
105	Erath	1856	1856
106	Jack	1856	1857
107	Kerr	1856	1856
108	Lampasas	1856	1856
109	Live Oak	1856	1856
110	Llano	1856	1856
111	Maverick	1856	1871
112	McCulloch	1856	1876
113	Palo Pinto	1856	1857
114	San Saba	1856	1856
115	Wise	1856	1856
116	Young	1856	1874
117	Bee	1857	1858
118	Clay	1857	1873
119	Montague	1857	1858
120	Archer	1858	1880
121	Baylor	1858	1879
122	Blanco	1858	1858
123	Callahan	1858	1877
124	Chambers	1858	1858
125	Coleman	1858	1864
126	Concho	1858	1879
127	Dimmit	1858	1880
128	Duval	1858	1876
129	Eastland	1858	1873
130	Edwards	1858	1883
131	Frio	1858	1871
132	Hamilton	1858	1858
133	Hardeman	1858	1884
134	Hardin	1858	1858
135	Haskell	1858	1885
136	Jones	1858	1881
137	Kimble	1858	1876
138	Knox	1858	1886
139	La Salle	1858	1880
140	Mason	1858	1858
141	McMullen	1858	1877
142	Menard	1858	1871
143	Runnels	1858	1880
144	Shackelford	1858	1874
145	Stephens	1858	1876
146	Taylor	1858	1878
147	Throckmorton	1858	1879
148	Wichita	1858	1882
149	Wilbarger	1858	1881
150	Zapata	1858	1858
151	Zavala	1858	1884
152	Marion	1860	1860
153	Wilson	1860	1860
154	Kendall	1862	1862
155	Hood	1866	1866
156	San Jacinto	1869	1870
157	Delta	1870	1870
158	Rains	1870	1870
159	Aransas	1871	1872
160	Pecos	1871	1875
161	Gregg	1873	1873
162	Rockwall	1873	1873
163	Waller	1873	1873
164	Camp	1874	1874
165	Lee	1874	1874
166	Tom Green	1874	1875
167	Crockett	1875	1891
168	Franklin	1875	1875
169	Morris	1875	1875
170	Somervell	1875	1875
171	Andrews	1876	1910
172	Armstrong	1876	1890
173	Bailey	1876	1919
174	Borden	1876	1891
175	Briscoe	1876	1892
176	Carson	1876	1888
177	Castro	1876	1891
178	Childress	1876	1887
179	Cochran	1876	1924
180	Collingsworth	1876	1890
181	Cottle	1876	1892
182	Crosby	1876	1886
183	Dallam	1876	1891
184	Dawson	1876	1905
185	Deaf Smith	1876	1890
186	Dickens	1876	1891
187	Donley	1876	1882
188	Fisher	1876	1886
189	Floyd	1876	1890
190	Gaines	1876	1905
191	Garza	1876	1907
192	Gray	1876	1902
193	Hale	1876	1888
194	Hall	1876	1890
195	Hansford	1876	1889
196	Hartley	1876	1891
197	Hemphill	1876	1887
198	Hockley	1876	1921
199	Howard	1876	1882
200	Hutchinson	1876	1901
201	Kent	1876	1892
202	King	1876	1891
203	Lamb	1876	1908
204	Lipscomb	1876	1887
205	Lubbock	1876	1891
206	Lynn	1876	1903
207	Martin	1876	1884
208	Mitchell	1876	1881
209	Moore	1876	1892
210	Motley	1876	1891
211	Nolan	1876	1881
212	Ochiltree	1876	1889
213	Oldham	1876	1881
214	Parmer	1876	1907
215	Potter	1876	1887
216	Randall	1876	1889
217	Roberts	1876	1889
218	Scurry	1876	1884
219	Sherman	1876	1889
220	Stonewall	1876	1888
221	Swisher	1876	1890
222	Terry	1876	1904
223	Wheeler	1876	1879
224	Yoakum	1876	1907
225	Reeves	1883	1884
226	Midland	1885	1885
227	Val Verde	1885	1885
228	Brewster	1887	1887
229	Crane	1887	1927
230	Ector	1887	1891
231	Glasscock	1887	1893
232	Jeff Davis	1887	1887
233	Loving	1887	1931
234	Mills	1887	1887
235	Schleicher	1887	1901
236	Sutton	1887	1890
237	Upton	1887	1910
238	Ward	1887	1892
239	Winkler	1887	1910
240	Coke	1889	1889
241	Irion	1889	1889
242	Foard	1891	1891
243	Sterling	1891	1891
244	Reagan	1903	1903
245	Terrell	1905	1905
246	Brooks	1911	1911
247	Culberson	1911	1912
248	Jim Wells	1911	1911
249	Willacy	1911	1921
250	Jim Hogg	1913	1913
251	Kleberg	1913	1913
252	Real	1913	1913
253	Hudspeth	1917	1917
254	Kenedy	1921	1921

Sources:

The Newberry Library - Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Project - Texas