Place:Webb, Texas, United States

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NameWebb
Alt namesEncinalsource: Family History Library Catalog
Webbsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates27.667°N 99.333°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1848 - )
See alsoCameron, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Encinal, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Laredo City Cemetery
Census-designated place
Botines
Bruni
La Presa
Laredo Ranchettes
Larga Vista
Mirando City
Oilton
Ranchitos Las Lomas
Ranchos Penitas West
Inhabited place
Aguilares
Cactus
Del Mar
El Cenizo
Fort McIntosh
Islitas
Laredo ( 1755 - )
Las Tiendas
Los Ojuelos
Minera
Nye
Palafox
Pescadito
Rio Bravo
San Pablo
San Ramon
Santo Tomas
Webb
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Webb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 267,114. Its county seat is Laredo. The county was named after James Webb (1792–1856), who served as secretary of the treasury, secretary of state, and attorney general of the Republic of Texas, and later judge of the United States District Court following the admission of Texas to statehood. By area, Webb County is the largest county in South Texas and the sixth-largest in the state. Webb County comprises the Laredo metropolitan area. Webb County is the only county in the United States to border three foreign states or provinces, sharing borders with Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.

Webb County has a minority majority, with 95.2% of the population of the county identifying as Hispanic. This makes Webb the county with the second-highest proportion of Hispanic people in the continental United States after Starr County, and it has the highest proportion of Hispanic people among counties with a population over 100,000.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1846 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1851 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1851 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1852 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
1900 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
1860 1,397
1870 2,615
1880 5,273
1890 14,842
1900 21,851
1910 22,503
1920 29,152
1930 42,128
1940 45,916
1950 56,141
1960 64,791
1970 72,859
1980 99,258
1990 133,239

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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