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Medal of Honor Recipients - Texans (either born in Texas or the Home of Record is Texas)
Texas claims 75 Medal of Honor Recipients, however, Texas also recognizes those recipients who were born in Texas but their Medal is credited to another state (eight recipients).
Texas Political and Government History Overview
Texas, like present-day Florida and most of the present-day Southwestern and Western United States, was claimed and ruled by the Kingdom of Spain for nearly 300 years. The French also laid claim to parts of Texas and this is why Texas claims to have "six flags".
It is inadequate to discuss Texas history without including some history of Spain and Mexico. Historians have long recognized the various periods of Texas history as follows: Spanish Texas (1513-1821), French Texas (1684-1689), Mexican Texas (1821-1836), Republic of Texas (1836-1845), Texas, USA (1845-1860), Confederate Texas (1860-1865), Texas, USA (1865-present).
It is worth mentioning most historians refer to Mexico and Texas as "colonies" of Spain, however, if one looks at historical records of the time, one will not find the word "colonia" except as used for smaller divisions such as settlements (cities or villas). Spain set-up her territories (or foreign lands) as "vice-royalties".
Province of Texas (Spanish Texas)
Mexican Texas (1821-1836)
The Province of Texas became a state but it was not a sovereign state as it was included with the State of Coahuila.
At the time of the Texas Revolution, Texas was known as the Department of Texas.
Republic of Texas
Counties replace the municipal form of government.
State of Texas of the United States of America
Today there are 254 Texas counties. See also: Circle of USA - Texas
County, Date Formed, Parent County, County Seat
- Anderson 1846 Houston Palestine
- Andrews 1875 Bexar Andrews
- Angelina 1846 Nacogdoches
- Aransas 1871 Refugio Rockport
- Archer 1858 Fannin Archer City
- Armstrong 1876 Bexar Claude
- Atascosa 1856 Bexar Jourdanton
- Austin 1837 Old Mexican Municipality Bellville
- Bailey 1876 Bexar Muleshoe
- Bandera 1856 Bexar, Uvalde Bandera
- Bastrop 1836 Old Mexican Municipality Bastrop
- Baylor 1858 Fannin Seymour
- Bee 1857 Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio Beeville
- Bell 1850 Milam Belton
- Bexar 1836 Old Mexican Municipality San Antonio
- Blanco 1858 Burnet, Comal, Gillespie, Burnet Johnson City
- Borden 1876 Bexar Gail
- Bosque 1854 McLennan, Milam Meridian
- Bowie 1840 Red River New Boston
- Brazoria 1836 Old Mexican Municipality Angleton
- Brazos 1841 Robertson, Washington Bryan
- Brewster 1887 Presidio Alpine
- Briscoe 1876 Bexar Silverton
- Brooks 1911 Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata Falfurrias
- Brown 1856 Comanche, Travis Brownwood
- Buchanan **History** Name Changed to Stephens 1861 **** ****
- Buchel **History** **Never Organized** **** ****
- Burleson 1846 Milam, Washington Caldwell
- Burnet 1852 Bell, Travis, Williamson Burnet
- Caldwell 1848 Gonzales Lockhart
- Calhoun 1846 Jackson, Matagorda, Victoria Port Lavaca
- Callahan 1858 Bexar, Bosque, Travis Baird
- Cameron 1848 Nueces Brownsville
- Camp 1874 Upshur Pittsburg
- Carson 1876 Bexar Panhandle
- Cass 1846 Bowie Linden
- Castro 1876 Bexar Dimmitt
- Chambers 1858 Jefferson, Liberty Anahuac
- Cherokee 1846 Nacogdoches Rusk
- Childress 1876 Bexar, Youngland District
- Cibilo 1869-1874 Wilson **** ****
- Clay 1857 Cooke Henrietta
- Cochran 1876 Bexar Morton
- Coke 1889 Tom Green Robert Lee
- Coleman 1858 Brown, Travis Coleman
- Collin 1846 Fannin McKinney
- Collingsworth 1876 Bexar, Youngland District Wellington
- Colorado 1837 Old Mexican Municipality Columbus
- Comal 1846 Bexar, Gonzales, Travis New Braunfels
- Comanche 1856 Bosque, Coryell Comanche
- Concho 1858 Bexar Paint Rock
- Cooke 1848 Fannin Gainesville
- Coryell 1854 Bell Gatesville
- Cottle 1876 Fannin Paducah
- Crane 1887 Tom Green Crane
- Crockett 1875 Bexar Ozona
- Crosby 1876 Bexar Crosbyton
- Culberson 1911 El Paso Van Horn
- Dallam 1876 Bexar Dalhart
- Dallas 1846 Nacogdoches, Robertson Dallas
- Davis **History** Name Changed to Cass 1871 **** ****
- Dawson 1876 Bexar Lamesa
- Deaf Smith 1876 Bexar Hereford
- Delta 1870 Hopkins, Lamar Cooper
- Denton 1846 Fannin Denton
- De Witt 1846 Goliad, Gonzales, Victoria Cuero
- Dickens 1876 Bexar Dickens
- Dimmit 1858 Bexar, Maverick, Uvalde, Webb Carrizo Springs
- Donley 1881 Jack Clarendon
- Duval 1858 Live Oak, Nueces, Starr San Diego
- Eastland 1858 Bosque, Coryell, Travis Eastland
- Ector 1887 Tom Green Odessa
- Edwards 1858 Bexar Rocksprings
- El Paso 1850 Bexar El Paso
- Ellis 1849 Navarro Waxahachie
- Encinal 1856 - But never organized **History** 1899 Incorporated into Webb County **** ****
- Erath 1856 Bosque, Coryell Stephenville
- Falls 1850 Limestone, Milam Marlin
- Fannin 1837 Red River Bonham
- Fayette 1837 Bastrop, Colorado La Grange
- Fisher 1876 Bexar Roby
- Floyd 1876 Bexar Floydada
- Foard 1891 Cottle, Hardeman, King, Knox Crowell
- Foley **History** **Never Organized** **** ****
- Fort Bend 1837 Austin Richmond
- Franklin 1875 Titus Mount Vernon
- Freestone 1850 Limestone Fairfield
- Frio 1858 Atascosa, Bexar, Uvalde Pearsall
- Gaines 1876 Bexar Seminole
- Galveston 1838 Brazoria Galveston
- Garza 1876 Bexar Post
- Gillespie 1848 Bexar Fredericksburg
- Glasscock 1887 Tom Green Garden City
- Goliad 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Goliad
- Gonzales 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Gonzales
- Gray 1876, Bexar Pampa
- Grayson 1846, Fannin Sherman
- Greer (Historical Site) 1860-1896 Indian Territory Mangum
- Gregg 1873, Rusk, Upshur, Longview
- Grimes 1846, Montgomery, Anderson
- Guadalupe 1846, Bexar, Gonzales Seguin
- Hale 1876, Bexar Plainview
- Hall 1876, Bexar, Young Memphis
- Hamilton 1858, Bosque, Comanche, Lampasas, Hamilton
- Hansford 1876, Bexar, Young, Spearman
- Hardeman 1858, Fannin, Quanah
- Hardin 1858, Jefferson, Liberty, Kountze
- Harris, 1836, Harrisburg Municipality, Houston
- Harrisburg 1836-1840 **History** Harris **** ****
- Harrison 1839, Shelby, Marshall
- Hartley 1876, Bexar, Young Channing
- Haskell 1858, Fannin, Milam, Haskell
- Hays 1848, Travis, San Marcos
- Hemphill 1876, Bexar, Young, Canadian
- Henderson 1846, Houston, Nacogdoches Athens
- Hidalgo 1852, Cameron Edinburg - claims two Medal of Honor Recipients
- Hill 1853, Navarro Hillsboro
- Hockley 1876, Bexar, Young Levelland
- Hood 1865, Johnson Granbury
- Hopkins 1846, Lamar, Nacogdoches Sulphur Springs
- Houston 1837, Nacogdoches, Crockett
- Howard 1876, Bexar, Young Big Spring
- Hudspeth 1917, El Paso Sierra Blanca
- Hunt 1846, Fannin, Nacogdoches Greenville
- Hutchinson 1876, Bexar Stinnett
- Irion 1881, Tom Green Mertzon
- Jack 1856, Cooke Jacksboro
- Jackson 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Edna
- Jasper 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Jasper
- Jeff Davis 1887 Presidio Fort Davis
- Jefferson 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Beaumont
- Jim Hogg 1913, Brooks, Duval Hebbronville
- Jim Wells 1911, Nueces Alice
- Johnson 1854, Ellis, Hill, Navarro Cleburne
- Jones 1858, Bexar, Bosque Anson
- Karnes 1854, Bexar Karnes City
- Kaufman 1848, Henderson Kaufman
- Kendall 1862, Blanco, Kerr Boerne
- Kenedy 1921, Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy Sarita
- Kent 1876, Bexar, Young Jayton
- Kerr 1856, Bexar Kerrville
- Kimble 1858, Bexar Junction
- King 1876, Bexar Guthrie
- Kinney 1850, Bexar Brackettville - this county claims five Medal of Honor Recipients.
- Kleberg 1917, Nueces Kingsville
- Knox 1858, Bexar, Young
- La Salle 1858, Bexar, Webb Cotulla
- La Baca History Never Organized **** ****
- Lamar 1840, Red River Paris
- Lamb 1876, Bexar, Littlefield
- Lampasas 1856, Bell, Travis Lampasas
- Lavaca 1846, Colorado, Gonzales,
- Jackson, Victoria Hallettsville
- Lee 1874, Bastrop, Burleson,
- Fayette, Washington Giddings
- Leon 1846, Robertson Centerville
- Liberty 1836, Old Spanish Municipality Liberty
- Limestone 1846, Robertson Groesbeck
- Lipscomb 1876, Bexar Lipscomb
- Live Oak 1856, Nueces, San Patricio George West
- Llano 1856, Bexar Llano
- Loving 1887, Tom Green Mentone
- Lubbock 1876, Bexar, Crosby Lubbock
- Lynn 1876, Bexar Tahoka
- Madison 1854, Leon, Grimes, Walker Madisonville
- Marion 1860, Cass Jefferson
- Martin 1876, Bexar Stanton
- Mason 1858, Gillespie Mason
- Matagorda 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Bay City
- Maverick 1856 Kenedy Eagle Pass
- McCulloch 1856 Bexar Brady
- McLennan 1850 Milam Waco
- McMullen 1858 Atascosa, Bexar, Live Oak Tilden
- Medina 1848 Bexar Hondo
- Menard 1858 Bexar Menard
- Midland 1885 Tom Green Midland
- Milam 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Cameron
- Miller 1820-1836 **History** Red River **** ****
- Mills 1887, Brown, Comanche,
- Hamilton, Lampasas Goldthwaite
- Mitchell 1878, Bexar Colorado City
- Montague 1857, Cooke Montague
- Montgomery 1837, Washington Conroe
- Moore 1876, Bexar Dumas
- Morris 1875, Titus Daingerfield
- Motley 1876, Bexar Matador
- Nacogdoches, 1836 Old Mexican Municipality Nacogdoches
- Navarro 1846, Robertson Corsicana
- Navasota **History** Name Changed to Brazos 1842 **** ****
- Neches History Never Organized **** ****
- Newton 1846, Jasper Newton
- Nolan 1881, Bexar, Young Sweetwater
- Nueces 1846, San Patricio Corpus Christi
- Ochiltree 1876, Bexar, Perryton
- Oldham 1876 , Bexar, Vega
- Orange 1852 , Jefferson, Orange
- Palo Pinto 1856, Bosque, Navarro, Palo Pinto
- Panola 1846, Harrison, Shelby, Carthage
- Parker 1855, Bosque, Navarro Weatherford
- Parmer 1876, Bexar Farwell
- Paschal History Never Organized **** ****
- Pecos 1871, Presidio Fort Stockton
- Polk 1846, Liberty Livingston
- Potter 1876, Bexar Amarillo
- Presidio 1852, Bexar Marfa
- Rains 1870, Hopkins, Hunt, Wood Emory
- Randall 1876, Bexar Canyon
- Reagan 1903, Tom Green Big Lake
- Real 1913, Bandera, Edwards, Kerr Leakey
- Red River 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Clarksville
- Reeves 1883, Pecos Pecos
- Refugio 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Refugio
- Roberts 1876, Bexar Miami
- Robertson 1837, Milam Franklin
- Rockwall 1873, Kaufman Rockwall
- Runnels 1858, Bexar, Travis Ballinger
- Rusk 1843, Nacogdoches Henderson
- Sabine 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Hemphill
- San Augustine 1836, Old Mexican Municipality San Augustine
- San Jacinto 1870, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, Walker Coldspring
- San Patricio 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Sinton
- San Saba 1856, Bexar San Saba
- Schleicher 1887, Crockett Eldorado
- Scurry, 1876, Bexar Snyder
- Shackelford, 1858, Bosque Albany
- Shelby, 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Center
- Sherman 1876, Bexar Stratford
- Smith 1846, Nacogdoches Tyler
- Somervell 1875, Hood, Johnson Glen Rose
- Spring Creek History Never Organized **** ****
- Starr 1848, Nueces Rio Grande City
- Stephens 1858, Bosque Breckenridge
- Sterling 1841, Tom Green Sterling City
- Stonewall 1876, Bexar Aspermont
- Sutton 1840, Crockett Sonora
- Swisher 1876, Bexar, Young Tulia
- Tarrant 1849, Navarro Fort Worth - Fort Worth, Texas claims four Medal of Honor Recipients.
- Taylor 1858, Bexar, Travis Abilene
- Terrell 1905, Pecos Sanderson
- Terry 1876, Bexar Brownfield
- Throckmorton 1858, Fannin Throckmorton
- Titus, 1846, Bowie, Red River Mount Pleasant
- Tom Green, 1874, Bexar San Angelo
- Travis, 1840, Bastrop Austin
- Trinity, 1850, Houston Groveton
- Tyler, 1846, Liberty Woodville
- Upshur, 1846, Harrison, Nacogdoches Gilmer
- Upton, 1867, Tom Green Rankin
- Uvalde, 1850, Bexar Uvalde
- Val Verde, 1885, Crockett, Kinney, Pecos Del Rio
- Van Zandt, 1848, Henderson Canton
- Victoria, 1836, Old Mexican Municipality Victoria
- Waco History Never Organized **** ****
- Walker, 1846, Montgomery Huntsville
- Waller, 1873, Austin, Grimes Hempstead
- Ward, 1887, Tom Green Monahans
- Washington, 1836, Texas Municipality Brenham
- Webb, 1848, Bexar, Laredo
- Wegefarth, **History** **Never Organized** **** ****
- Wharton, 1846, Jackson, Matagorda Wharton
- Wheeler , 1876, Bexar, Young Wheeler
- Wichita, 1858, Youngland District Wichita Falls
- Wilbarger, 1858, Bexar Vernon
- Willacy, 1911, Cameron, Hidalgo Raymondville
- Williamson, 1848, Milam Georgetown
- Wilson, 1860, Bexar, Karnes Floresville
- Winkler, 1887, Tom Green Kermit
- Wise, 1856, Cooke Decatur
- Wood, 1850, Van Zandt Quitman
- Yoakum, 1876, Bexar Plains
- Young, 1856, Bosque, Fannin Graham
- Zapata, 1858, Starr, Webb Zapata
- Zavala, 1858, Maverick, Uvalde Crystal City
Sources
External Links:
- TXGenWeb Counties A-Z on txgenweb.org website
- List of counties in Texas on Wikipedia
- Texas County Websites link on Texas Association of Counties website
- Texas Counties on Texas Almanac website texasalmanac.com
- Texas County Organization article on Texas State Handbook Online website tshaonline.org/handbook