Place:Starr, Texas, United States

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NameStarr
Alt namesStarrsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates26.567°N 98.767°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1848 - )
See alsoBrooks, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Cameron, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jim Hogg, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Alto Bonito
El Refugio
Escobares
Falcon Heights
Falcon Village
Fronton
Garceno
La Casita-Garciasville
La Puerta
La Rosita
La Victoria
Las Lomas
Los Alvarez
Los Villareales
North Escobares
Roma Creek
Salineno
San Isidro
Santa Cruz
Inhabited place
Arkansas City
Delmita
El Sauz
Garciasville
La Casita
La Gloria
La Grulla
La Reforma
Los Barreras
Los Garzas
Los Velas
Old Santa Elena
Olmos
Remolino
Rincon
Rio Grande City
Robberson
Roma
Rosita
San Carlos
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Roman
Santa Anna
Santa Catarina
Santa Elena
Santa Margarita
Viboras
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Starr County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 65,920. Its county seat is Rio Grande City. The county was created in 1848. It is named for James Harper Starr, who served as Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas.

Starr County comprises the Rio Grande City, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area, which also includes other small cities, which itself is part of the larger Rio Grande Valley region. It is directly northeast of the Mexican border.

The county population is almost entirely Hispanic. With 97.7% of its population identifying as such, it is the county with the highest proportion of Hispanics in the continental United States.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1848 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1858 Marriage 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
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 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
1860 2,406
1870 4,154
1880 8,304
1890 10,749
1900 11,469
1910 13,151
1920 11,089
1930 11,409
1940 13,312
1950 13,948
1960 17,137
1970 17,707
1980 27,266
1990 40,518

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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