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| Name | Dawson |
| Alt names | Dawson, Bexar, Texas, United States | |
| Type | Town |
| Coordinates | 32.733°N 101.95°W |
| Located in | Texas, United States (1858 - ) |
| See also | Bexar, Texas, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kinney, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Uvalde, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
Dawson is both a former and a current county of Texas.
Former County
The first Dawson County was formed before 1860 and divided between Kinney and Uvalde in 1866.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | 281
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Current County
Dawson was re-instantiated as a county in 1876.
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,456. The county seat is Lamesa. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1905. It is named for Nicholas Mosby Dawson, a soldier of the Texas Revolution. Dawson County comprises the Lamesa, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA), and it is the smallest Micropolitan Statistical Area in the United States.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1858 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1905 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1905 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1905 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1905 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1905 | Probate 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
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| 1880 | 24
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| 1890 | 29
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| 1900 | 37
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| 1910 | 2,320
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| 1920 | 4,309
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| 1930 | 13,573
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| 1940 | 15,367
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| 1950 | 19,113
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| 1960 | 19,185
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| 1970 | 16,604
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| 1980 | 16,184
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| 1990 | 14,349
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