Place:Texas, Missouri, United States

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NameTexas
Alt namesTexassource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.317°N 91.967°W
Located inMissouri, United States     (1845 - )
See alsoDent, Missouri, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Pulaski, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Ripley, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Washington, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Altis Cemetery
Altis Family Cemetery
Big Creek Cemetery
Boone Creek Cemetery
Dykes Cemetery
Ellis Prairie Cemetery
Emery Chapel Cemetery
Hamilton Cemetery
Long Hollow Cemetery
Plato-Lynch Cemetery
Inhabited place
Alice
Arroll
Ashley Creek
Bado
Bendavis
Big Creek
Bucyrus
Cabool
Cardinal Acres
Cedar Bluff
Clara
Clear Springs
Covert
Dent
Dunn
Dykes
Edanville
Elk Creek
Ellis Prairie
Ellsworth
Eunice
Evening Shade
Fairview
Fowler
Gravel Point
Grogan
Guild
Harlow Ford
Hartshorn
Hattie
Hazleton
Houston
Huggins
Hurst
Kimble
Kinderpost
Ladd
Licking
Lundy
Mahan
Maples
Midvale
Mineral Springs City
Mitchells Corner
Montreal
Nagle
Nile
Old Success
Oscar
Pine Crest
Plato ( 1874 - )
Pleasant Ridge
Plum Valley
Prescott
Raftville
Ratcliff Ford
Raymondville
Roby
Roubidoux
Samoa
Sargent
Sherrill
Simmons
Slabtown
Solo
Steffens Addition
Stultz
Success
Summersville
Turley
Tyrone
Upton
Vada
Varvol
Venable
Windy Curve
Wye City
Yukon ( 1900 - )
Township
Burdine
Ozark
Piney
Roubidoux (township)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Texas County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,487. Its county seat is Houston. The county was organized in 1843 as Ashley County, changing its name in 1845 to Texas, after the Republic of Texas. The 2010 U.S. Census indicates that the county was the center of population for the United States.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1843 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1845 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1855 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1858 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1883 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
1850 2,312
1860 6,067
1870 9,618
1880 12,206
1890 19,406
1900 22,192
1910 21,458
1920 20,548
1930 18,580
1940 19,813
1950 18,992
1960 17,758
1970 18,320
1980 21,070
1990 21,476
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Research Tips

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External links

www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/texas/

There is a Goodspeed's local history for this county, written in 1889, available free and searchable at: [1]

Searchable death certificates, with images, for deaths between 1910 and 1957, are available free online at [2] Searchable birth and death records for pre-1910 births/stillbirths/deaths are available free online at [3] Both of the above databases are from the Missouri State Archives.

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