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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
Kaufman County is a county in the northeast area of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 145,310. Its county seat is Kaufman. Both the county, established in 1848, and the city were named for David S. Kaufman, a U.S. Representative and diplomat from Texas.
Kaufman County is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
Western artist Frank Reaugh moved from Illinois to Kaufman County in 1876. There he was directly inspired for such paintings as The Approaching Herd (1902).
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1846 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1848 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1849 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1856 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1869 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 1,047
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| 1860 | 3,936
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| 1870 | 6,895
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| 1880 | 15,448
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| 1890 | 21,598
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| 1900 | 33,376
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| 1910 | 35,323
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| 1920 | 41,276
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| 1930 | 40,905
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| 1940 | 38,308
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| 1950 | 31,170
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| 1960 | 29,931
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| 1970 | 32,392
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| 1980 | 39,015
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| 1990 | 52,220
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Kaufman County, Texas, United States
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