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County Courthouse
Uvalde County Courthouse
PO Box 284
Uvalde, TX 78802
Phone: 830.278.6614
County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, probate, Courth, and land records from 1856; District Clerk has divorce records[1]
Uvalde County has been home to five courthouses.[2] The first courthouse was completed in May 1857, with the first floor of the building housing the courthouse and jail, in rooms with 9' tall ceilings. The second floor, used for county offices had ceilings that were 5' tall at the eves.[3] The 1870 courthouse was a cypress wood frame building. A fourth courthouse was built in 1877. In 1890, an ornate Second Empire style courthouse topped with a clock tower and lightning rods was built. In 1927, the construction began on the current courthouse, shown at right, a brick and concrete structure. The building is a Recorded Texas Landmark. [4]
Uvalde County Courthouse
Ramona Hobbs, County Clerk
Corner of Main (U.S. 90) and Getty
P.O. Box 284
Uvalde, Texas 78802-0284
(830) 278-6614
Uvalde County Government Website
Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Uvalde County, no. 232, 1941. Historical Records Survey. Inventory of records housed in the Uvalde County Courthouse as of 1936-1937. Digital book on line at the Portal to Texas History.
History
The first Anglo-American settlers arrived in 1852. The name Uvalde was originally known as "Ugalde".
Parent County
1850--Uvalde County was created 8 February 1850 from Bexar county. Uvalde County was organized in February 1856. County seat: Encina, renamed Uvalde in 1856. [5] [6]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Knippa | Sabinal | Utopia | Uvalde | Uvalde Estates
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
- Oldtimers: Frontier Days in the Uvalde Section of Southwest Texas, 1939, by Florence Fenley.
- A Proud Heritage: A History of Uvalde County, 1975.
- Uvalde County History from the Handbook of Texas Online.
Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site.
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
- Uvalde County Births - How to Get a Birth Record
- Uvalde County Marriages - How to Get a Marriage Record
- Uvalde County Deaths - How to Get a Death Record
- Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (FamilySearch) - The index was created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903 and in many counties prior to 1910. Fold3.com also has Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 ($) available online.
- Texas Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch) - Index to Texas statewide death certificates covering 4 million deaths since 1964.
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Uvalde County, Texas. Page 675 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ HistoricTexas.net: Uvalde County http://www3.historictexas.net/uvalde-county-texas
- ↑ Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Uvalde County, no. 232, Book, May 1941
- ↑ Historical Marker: Uvalde County Courthouse, located at the corner of Main (Hwy 90) and Getty, Uvalde.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Handbook of Texas Online: Uvalde County http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcu03
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