Texas Counties: Year Organized

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 Organized

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23	1836	9	1858

13	1837-1843	29	1860-1875

31	1846-1847	11	1876-1879

11	1848-1849	66	1880-1899

17	1850-1854	30	1900-1931

14	1855-1857

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Table of Texas Counties Ordered By Year Organized

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

Sources:

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