Place:Upshur, Texas, United States

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NameUpshur
Alt namesUpshursource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates32.733°N 94.95°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1846 - )
See alsoCamp, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Gregg, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Concord Baptist Church Cemetery ( 1867 - 2011 )
Inhabited place
Ashland
Bethel
Bethlehem
Bettie
Big Sandy
Boxwood
Brumley
Cedar Springs
Coffeeville
Concord
Delrose
Diana
East Mountain
Enoch
Enon
Ewell
Friendship
Gilmer
Glenwood
Graceton
Grice
Indian Rock
James
Kelsey
LaFayette
Latch
Lone Pine
Matinburg
Midway
New Mountain
Old Diana
Oplin
Ore City
Phillips
Piney Grove
Pritchett
Rhonesboro
Rosewood
Rowden
Sand Hill
Seven Pines
Shady Grove
Soules Chapel
Stamps
Summerfield
Thomas
Union Grove
Union Hill
West Mountain
Wilkins
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Upshur County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,309. The county seat is Gilmer. Upshur County is part of the Longview Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Longview–Marshall Combined Statistical Area.

The county is named for Abel P. Upshur who was U.S. Secretary of State during President John Tyler's administration. Upshur was killed in the explosion on the USS Princeton along with new United States Secretary of the Navy Thomas Walker Gilmer (who was the namesake for the county seat of Gilmer).

Upshur County is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by the Republican Bryan Hughes, a lawyer in Mineola.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1846 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1880 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
1850 3,394
1860 10,645
1870 12,039
1880 10,266
1890 12,695
1900 16,266
1910 19,960
1920 22,472
1930 22,297
1940 26,178
1950 20,822
1960 19,793
1970 20,976
1980 28,595
1990 31,370
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