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| Name | Navarro |
| Alt names | Navarro | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 32.05°N 96.467°W |
| Located in | Texas, United States (1846 - ) |
| See also | Hill, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Johnson, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | McLennan, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Palo Pinto, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Parker, 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
Navarro County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,735. Its county seat is Corsicana. Navarro County is named for José Antonio Navarro, a Tejano leader in the Texas Revolution who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.
The Corsicana Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Navarro County.
In 1860, after the election of Abraham Lincoln to the American presidency, Navarro County in protest lowered the American flag from the courthouse and instead hoisted the Texas flag. Thereafter early in 1861, some 450 Navarro County men enlisted in the new Confederate States of America army. Two of the enlistees became outstanding officers, Roger O. Mills and Clinton M. Winkler, a Confederate colonel for whom Winkler County in southwestern Texas is named. The county commissioners appropriated funds for weapons and ammunition and for the support of the soldiers' families.
During the war. the Navarro Rifles constituted an 87-man Confederate infantry formed in July 1861 Corsicana from area volunteers. Clinton Winkler, a founder of Navarro County, served as the initial captain. The group trained near Dresden, Spring Hill, and later Waco and Harrisburg, Texas. The Navarro Rifles became Company 1 of the Fourth Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment. In September 1861, the unit reached Richmond, Virginia. The men were placed under the command of General John Bell Hood.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1838 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1846 | Probate 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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| 1855 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | 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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 2,190
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| 1860 | 5,996
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| 1870 | 8,879
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| 1880 | 21,702
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| 1890 | 26,373
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| 1900 | 43,374
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| 1910 | 47,070
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| 1920 | 50,624
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| 1930 | 60,507
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| 1940 | 51,308
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| 1950 | 39,916
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| 1960 | 34,423
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| 1970 | 31,150
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| 1980 | 35,323
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| 1990 | 39,926
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