Place:Kerr, Texas, United States

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NameKerr
Alt namesKerrsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates30.05°N 99.3°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1856 - )
See alsoBexar, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Kendall, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Real, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Camp Verde
Center Point
Cypress Creek
Guadalupe Heights
Hunt
Ingram
Junction Windmill
Kerrville
Mount Wesley
Mountain Home
Shady Grove
Stowers Corner Windmill
Waltonia
Populated place
Legion
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kerr County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 49,625. Its county seat is Kerrville. Kerr County was named by Joshua D. Brown for his fellow Kentucky native, James Kerr, a congressman of the Republic of Texas. Kerr never set foot in Kerr County, as he died six years before the establishment of Kerrville.

The Kerrville Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Kerr County.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1840 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1856 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 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
1860 634
1870 1,042
1880 2,168
1890 4,462
1900 4,980
1910 5,505
1920 5,842
1930 10,151
1940 11,650
1950 14,022
1960 16,800
1970 19,454
1980 28,780
1990 36,304
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