Place:Zapata, Texas, United States

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NameZapata
Alt namesZapatasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates26.983°N 99.167°W
Located inTexas, United States     (1858 - )
See alsoCameron, Texas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Jim Hogg, Texas, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Falcon Lake Estates
Falcon Mesa
Lopeno
Medina
Morales-Sanchez
New Falcon
San Ignacio
Siesta Shores
Zapata
Inhabited place
Alejandrenas
Black Bass
Bustamante
Escobas
Falcon Lake
Falcon Shores
Falcon
Lakefront Lodge
Las Palmas
Linda Vista
Ramireno
San Ygnacio
Urebeño
Unknown
Dolores
Uribeño
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Zapata County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 13,889.[1] Its county seat is Zapata. The county is named for Colonel José Antonio de Zapata, a rancher in the area who rebelled against Mexico.

Zapata County comprises the Zapata, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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. It is east from the Mexico–United States border.

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History

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Date Event Source
1858 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1868 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1868 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1868 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1874 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1903 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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
1860 1,248
1870 1,488
1880 3,636
1890 3,562
1900 4,760
1910 3,809
1920 2,929
1930 2,867
1940 3,916
1950 4,405
1960 4,393
1970 4,352
1980 6,628
1990 9,279

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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