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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is named for Jefferson Davis, the 23rd United States Secretary of War and President of the Confederate States of America. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,342. Its seat is Fort Davis.
The county contains the Texas Davis Mountains American Viticultural Area, though only about is currently under vine. The McDonald Observatory is located near Fort Davis, and is owned by the University of Texas at Austin.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1887 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1887 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1887 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1887 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1890 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1890 | No significant boundary changes after this year | 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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| 1931 | Marriage 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
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| 1890 | 1,394
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| 1900 | 1,150
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| 1910 | 1,678
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| 1920 | 1,445
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| 1930 | 1,800
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| 1940 | 2,375
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| 1950 | 2,090
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| 1960 | 1,582
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| 1970 | 1,527
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| 1980 | 1,647
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| 1990 | 1,946
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