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Name | Nueces |
Alt names | Nueces | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 27.733°N 97.633°W |
Located in | Texas, United States (1846 - ) |
See also | Encinal, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jim Wells, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kenedy, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Kleberg, Texas, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Live Oak, 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
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Nueces County is located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 353,178, making it the 16th-most populous county in the state. The county seat is Corpus Christi. The county was formed in 1846 from portions of San Patricio County and organized the following year. It is named for the Nueces River, which marks the county's northwestern boundary with San Patricio County before emptying into its mouth at Nueces Bay north of the port of Corpus Christi.
Nueces County is part of the Corpus Christi metropolitan statistical area.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1846 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1846 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1846 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1847 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | Court 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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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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1850 | 698
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1860 | 2,906
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1870 | 3,975
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1880 | 7,673
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1890 | 8,093
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1900 | 10,439
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1910 | 21,955
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1920 | 22,807
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1930 | 51,779
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1940 | 92,661
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1950 | 165,471
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1960 | 221,573
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1970 | 237,544
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1980 | 268,215
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1990 | 291,145
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