There have been at least thirty-two counties established by Texas law that no longer exist. These fall into five categories: judicial counties; counties established by the Constitutional Convention of 1868–69; counties never organized which were abolished by legislative act; counties whose territory is no longer considered part of the state; and counties whose names have been changed. •
Buchel County, formed in 1887 from
Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to
Brewster County. • Dawson County, formed in 1858 in what is now
Kinney County and
Uvalde County and abolished in 1866 (not to be confused with the present-day
Dawson County). •
Encinal County, formed in 1856. Abolished in 1899 and annexed to
Webb County. •
Foley County, formed in 1887 from
Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to
Brewster County. •
Greer County, formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by
U.S. Supreme Court ruling in
United States v. the State of Texas, and is now part of southwestern
Oklahoma. •
Perdido County, formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s. Perdido was reportedly abolished in 1858 and again in 1871. Records of annexation to
Dawson County are also inconclusive. •
Santa Fe County, Texas formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the
Republic of Texas and ceded by
Mexico. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from
New Mexico east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central
Wyoming. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the
Trans-Pecos and most of the
Panhandle. The county was abolished when Texas ceded its western lands under the
Compromise of 1850. •
Wegefarth County, formed in 1873 in the
Texas Panhandle and abolished in 1876. •
Worth County, formed in 1850 from part of Santa Fe County. Abolished under the
Compromise of 1850 and is now part of east-central New Mexico. ==See also==