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The archive covers 254 counties in Texas so far. Everything below is a work of the United States government or a book published before 1929, and every page links to the record it came from.
What the archive holds in Texas
| Records | Count | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Settlements | 9,251 | Every populated place the Geographic Names Information System records, each with the survey sheets that cover it. |
| Topographic sheets | 7,758 | Distinct United States Geological Survey sheets covering those settlements. |
| Local histories | 22 | Complete chapters from the county histories, reproduced unedited. |
| Listed properties | 3,345 | On the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Surveyed structures | 176 | Buildings and bridges recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey and the Historic American Engineering Record, with their photographs and written histories. |
| Words of narrative | 745,226 | Public-domain county history, published complete. |
Counties
254 of 254All 254 counties in Texas. Every county below has published records and opens its own page.
| Map | County | Settlements | Listed | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | 41 | 26 | not yet read | |
| Andrews County | 9 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Angelina County | 50 | 41 | not yet read | |
| Aransas County | 11 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Archer County | 13 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Armstrong County | 7 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Atascosa County | 28 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Austin County | 32 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Bailey County | 11 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Bandera County | 13 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Bastrop County | 39 | 101 | not yet read | |
| Baylor County | 9 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Bee County | 27 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Bell County | 66 | 72 | not yet read | |
| Bexar County | 80 | 161 | 115,047 words | |
| Blanco County | 13 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Borden County | 3 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Bosque County | 25 | 40 | not yet read | |
| Bowie County | 50 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Brazoria County | 106 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Brazos County | 38 | 47 | not yet read | |
| Brewster County | 68 | 14 | not yet read | |
| Briscoe County | 6 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Brooks County | 17 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Brown County | 31 | 7 | 477,955 words | |
| Burleson County | 27 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Burnet County | 29 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Caldwell County | 27 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Calhoun County | 18 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Callahan County | 15 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Cameron County | 223 | 34 | not yet read | |
| Camp County | 15 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Carson County | 17 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Cass County | 59 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Castro County | 16 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Chambers County | 18 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Cherokee County | 64 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Childress County | 8 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Clay County | 25 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Cochran County | 9 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Coke County | 9 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Coleman County | 28 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Collin County | 72 | 69 | not yet read | |
| Collingsworth County | 12 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Colorado County | 34 | 6 | 1,209 words | |
| Comal County | 41 | 30 | not yet read | |
| Comanche County | 26 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Concho County | 11 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Cooke County | 32 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Coryell County | 46 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Cottle County | 15 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Crane County | 3 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Crockett County | 5 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Crosby County | 15 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Culberson County | 15 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Dallam County | 16 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Dallas County | 79 | 159 | 5,265 words | |
| Dawson County | 21 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Deaf Smith County | 10 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Delta County | 27 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Denton County | 58 | 13 | 2,084 words | |
| DeWitt County | 28 | 59 | not yet read | |
| Dickens County | 13 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Dimmit County | 13 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Donley County | 9 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Duval County | 35 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Eastland County | 31 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Ector County | 15 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Edwards County | 4 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Ellis County | 55 | 122 | not yet read | |
| El Paso County | 236 | 56 | not yet read | |
| Erath County | 27 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Falls County | 39 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Fannin County | 73 | 10 | not yet read | |
| Fayette County | 56 | 24 | 8,800 words | |
| Fisher County | 23 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Floyd County | 23 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Foard County | 6 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Fort Bend County | 100 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Franklin County | 16 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Freestone County | 26 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Frio County | 24 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Gaines County | 9 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Galveston County | 118 | 82 | 128,993 words | |
| Garza County | 10 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Gillespie County | 18 | 18 | not yet read | |
| Glasscock County | 5 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Goliad County | 17 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Gonzales County | 39 | 15 | not yet read | |
| Gray County | 15 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Grayson County | 73 | 9 | 5,873 words | |
| Gregg County | 20 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Grimes County | 26 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Guadalupe County | 32 | 13 | not yet read | |
| Hale County | 20 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Hall County | 14 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Hamilton County | 26 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Hansford County | 9 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Hardeman County | 15 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Hardin County | 29 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Harris County | 749 | 316 | not yet read | |
| Harrison County | 37 | 17 | not yet read | |
| Hartley County | 9 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Haskell County | 15 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Hays County | 21 | 57 | not yet read | |
| Hemphill County | 7 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Henderson County | 45 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Hidalgo County | 880 | 23 | not yet read | |
| Hill County | 43 | 18 | not yet read | |
| Hockley County | 17 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Hood County | 24 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Hopkins County | 64 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Houston County | 68 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Howard County | 19 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Hudspeth County | 26 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Hunt County | 49 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Hutchinson County | 16 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Irion County | 8 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Jack County | 19 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Jackson County | 18 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Jasper County | 43 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Jeff Davis County | 7 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Jefferson County | 58 | 27 | not yet read | |
| Jim Hogg County | 14 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Jim Wells County | 118 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Johnson County | 31 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Jones County | 22 | 22 | not yet read | |
| Karnes County | 25 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Kaufman County | 49 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Kendall County | 14 | 12 | not yet read | |
| Kenedy County | 8 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Kent County | 5 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Kerr County | 14 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Kimble County | 10 | 4 | not yet read | |
| King County | 6 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Kinney County | 10 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Kleberg County | 9 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Knox County | 11 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Lamar County | 73 | 37 | not yet read | |
| Lamb County | 17 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Lampasas County | 18 | 6 | not yet read | |
| La Salle County | 10 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Lavaca County | 31 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Lee County | 21 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Leon County | 41 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Liberty County | 90 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Limestone County | 54 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Lipscomb County | 12 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Live Oak County | 21 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Llano County | 21 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Loving County | 1 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Lubbock County | 30 | 18 | not yet read | |
| Lynn County | 15 | 1 | not yet read | |
| McCulloch County | 29 | 2 | not yet read | |
| McLennan County | 66 | 25 | not yet read | |
| McMullen County | 6 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Madison County | 16 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Marion County | 23 | 18 | not yet read | |
| Martin County | 11 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Mason County | 13 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Matagorda County | 34 | 14 | not yet read | |
| Maverick County | 69 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Medina County | 19 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Menard County | 11 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Midland County | 12 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Milam County | 55 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Mills County | 23 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Mitchell County | 11 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Montague County | 29 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Montgomery County | 64 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Moore County | 15 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Morris County | 10 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Motley County | 9 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Nacogdoches County | 52 | 22 | not yet read | |
| Navarro County | 52 | 8 | not yet read | |
| Newton County | 35 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Nolan County | 16 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Nueces County | 37 | 16 | not yet read | |
| Ochiltree County | 6 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Oldham County | 18 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Orange County | 43 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Palo Pinto County | 21 | 11 | not yet read | |
| Panola County | 36 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Parker County | 49 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Parmer County | 13 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Pecos County | 21 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Polk County | 52 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Potter County | 19 | 36 | not yet read | |
| Presidio County | 32 | 11 | not yet read | |
| Rains County | 25 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Randall County | 9 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Reagan County | 8 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Real County | 4 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Red River County | 53 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Reeves County | 27 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Refugio County | 14 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Roberts County | 5 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Robertson County | 40 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Rockwall County | 11 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Runnels County | 18 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Rusk County | 63 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Sabine County | 22 | 2 | not yet read | |
| San Augustine County | 36 | 8 | not yet read | |
| San Jacinto County | 32 | 2 | not yet read | |
| San Patricio County | 103 | 6 | not yet read | |
| San Saba County | 23 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Schleicher County | 3 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Scurry County | 17 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Shackelford County | 7 | 5 | not yet read | |
| Shelby County | 53 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Sherman County | 4 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Smith County | 51 | 37 | not yet read | |
| Somervell County | 6 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Starr County | 228 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Stephens County | 14 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Sterling County | 3 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Stonewall County | 12 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Sutton County | 1 | 3 | not yet read | |
| Swisher County | 9 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Tarrant County | 79 | 128 | not yet read | |
| Taylor County | 23 | 63 | not yet read | |
| Terrell County | 11 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Terry County | 11 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Throckmorton County | 14 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Titus County | 25 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Tom Green County | 21 | 73 | not yet read | |
| Travis County | 84 | 211 | not yet read | |
| Trinity County | 29 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Tyler County | 21 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Upshur County | 55 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Upton County | 5 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Uvalde County | 32 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Val Verde County | 33 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Van Zandt County | 45 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Victoria County | 24 | 113 | not yet read | |
| Walker County | 26 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Waller County | 21 | 7 | not yet read | |
| Ward County | 8 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Washington County | 31 | 71 | not yet read | |
| Webb County | 79 | 9 | not yet read | |
| Wharton County | 35 | 32 | not yet read | |
| Wheeler County | 18 | 18 | not yet read | |
| Wichita County | 15 | 14 | not yet read | |
| Wilbarger County | 18 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Willacy County | 27 | 2 | not yet read | |
| Williamson County | 63 | 74 | not yet read | |
| Wilson County | 32 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Winkler County | 6 | 1 | not yet read | |
| Wise County | 33 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Wood County | 36 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Yoakum County | 6 | 0 | not yet read | |
| Young County | 19 | 6 | not yet read | |
| Zapata County | 42 | 4 | not yet read | |
| Zavala County | 17 | 2 | not yet read |
Settlements in Texas
9,251 settlementsNamed places, each with its own page of maps and records. They are listed on the page for the county that holds them, because that is where the rest of a town's record lives too. A place with no page is a place the archive has not reached yet, not a place that does not exist.
Every county in Texas, each listing its own settlements.
Provenance
- Boundaries. Census Bureau TIGERweb. A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Place names. Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey.
- Counts. Computed from the records this site publishes, not quoted from anywhere. They change when the archive grows.