Encinal County was established on February 1, 1856 and was to consist of the eastern portion of present-day
Webb County. The law creating the county called for a
county seat at an unspecified location to be called Encinal; The county was never organized and was finally absorbed into Webb County on March 12, 1899. Had it been established in the present day,
Ranchitos Las Lomas would have been the county seat. ==Geography==