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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Zapata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 14,018. Its county seat is Zapata. Zapata is named for Colonel Jose Antonio de Zapata, a rancher in the area who rebelled against Mexico.
The South Texas Oil Boom included wells drilled in Zapata County in the early 1920s through the work of Laredo industrialist Oliver Winfield Killam, a Missouri native who once served as an Oklahoma state legislator.
History
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Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1858 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1868 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1868 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1868 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1874 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 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
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| 1860 | 1,248
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| 1870 | 1,488
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| 1880 | 3,636
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| 1890 | 3,562
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| 1900 | 4,760
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| 1910 | 3,809
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| 1920 | 2,929
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| 1930 | 2,867
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| 1940 | 3,916
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| 1950 | 4,405
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| 1960 | 4,393
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| 1970 | 4,352
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| 1980 | 6,628
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| 1990 | 9,279
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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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