Place:Val Verde, Texas, United States

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NameVal Verde
Alt namesVal Verdesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates29.833°N 101.083°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1885 - )
See alsoCrockett, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Kinney, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Pecos, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Westlawn Cemetery
Census-designated place
Box Canyon-Amistad
Cienegas Terrace
Lake View
Val Verde Park
Inhabited place
Amistad Acres
Amistad Village
Bakers Crossing
Comstock
Corner Windmill
Del Rio ( 1400 - )
Devils Shores
Hackberry Crossing
Johnstone
Juno
Langtry
Laughlin AFB
Loma Alta
Lull
Osman
Pafford Crossing
Pandale
Pumpville
Shumla
Vinegarone
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Val Verde County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 48,879. Its county seat is Del Rio. In 1936, Val Verde County received Recorded Texas Historic Landmark number 5625 to commemorate its founding.

Val Verde, which means "green valley", was named for a Civil War battle. In 1862, soldiers of Sibley's Brigade took part in the Texas invasion of New Mexico Territory, where they captured several artillery pieces at the Battle of Val Verde. The battle is memorialized both in the name of the county and a small settlement in Milam County.

The Del Rio Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Val Verde County.

Judge Roy Bean (1825–1903) operated a general store and saloon west of the Pecos River in Langtry, where the original Bean building is displayed at a Texas Tourist Bureau station. Bean and his son are interred on the grounds of the Whitehead Memorial Museum in Del Rio. Bean is the subject of the 1956 syndicated television series Judge Roy Bean, starring Edgar Buchanan, and the 1972 film, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, with Paul Newman in the featured role.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1885 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1890 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
1890 2,874
1900 5,263
1910 8,613
1920 12,706
1930 14,924
1940 15,453
1950 16,635
1960 24,461
1970 27,471
1980 35,910
1990 38,721
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