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| Name | Cameron |
| Alt names | Cameron | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 26.117°N 97.517°W |
| Located in | Texas, United States (1848 - ) |
| See also | Hidalgo, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kenedy, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kleberg, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Starr, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Webb, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Zapata, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Cameron County, officially the County of Cameron, is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 421,017. Its county seat is Brownsville.
The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition. During the later 19th century and through World War II, Fort Brown was a US Army outpost here, stimulating the development of the city of Brownsville.
Cameron County comprises the Brownsville–Harlingen, TX metropolitan statistical area, as well as the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville combined statistical area, which itself is part of the larger Rio Grande Valley region.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1848 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1930 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 8,541
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| 1860 | 6,028
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| 1870 | 10,999
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| 1880 | 14,959
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| 1890 | 14,424
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| 1900 | 16,095
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| 1910 | 27,158
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| 1920 | 36,662
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| 1930 | 77,540
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| 1940 | 83,202
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| 1950 | 125,170
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| 1960 | 151,098
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| 1970 | 140,368
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| 1980 | 209,727
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| 1990 | 260,120
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Note: Cameron, Encinal, Starr, Webb, Zapata: In 1850 Starr and Webb (including areas subsequently in Encinal and Zapata) were reported with Cameron.
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