Place:Brewster, Texas, United States

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NameBrewster
Alt namesBrewstersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Buchelsource: Family History Library Catalog
Foleysource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCounty
Coordinates29.833°N 103.25°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1887 - )
See alsoBuchel, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Foley, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Presidio, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Marathon
Study Butte-Terlingua
Inhabited place
Alpine
Altuda
Ansley Place
Basin Junction
Beatty Place
Bennett Place
Boquillas Crossing
Buenos Aires
Casa de Piedra
Castolon
Causey Place
Comptons
Corner Windmill
Edwards Place
Flugrath
Fourmile Crossing
Haymond
Hot Springs
Hye
Kriebaum Place
Lajitas
Lenox
Louis Granger Place
Loy Place
Lunas
Matthews Place
McFarland Place
McKinney Springs
Millers
Mitchell Place
Old Beekley Place
Old Corbett Place
Old Edith Lochausen Place
Old Oscar Nance Place
Old Parker Place
Old Reed Place
Onion Spring
Pantera
Panther Junction
Pettits
Rocky Creek
Rooneys Place
Rosenfeld
San Francisco
San Vicente Crossing
Santa Elena Crossing
Shoemaker Place
Sid Place
Sierra Chino
Solis Landing
Solis
Stillwell Crossing
Stuart Place
Study Butte
Talley
Terlingua Abaja
Terlingua
Tesnus
Tinaja
Toronto
Tres Papalotes
Walker Place
Warwick
Woodsons
Youngblood Place
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Brewster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in West Texas and its county seat (and only city) is Alpine. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and borders Mexico. Brewster County is the largest county by area in the state - at it is over three times the size of the state of Delaware, and more than bigger than Connecticut.

As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,546.

The county is named for Colonel Henry Percy Brewster, a Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1887 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1887 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1887 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1887 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1887 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1900 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1890 710
1900 2,356
1910 5,220
1920 4,822
1930 6,624
1940 6,478
1950 7,309
1960 6,434
1970 7,780
1980 7,573
1990 8,681
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