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Uvalde County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
11historic places
—earliest paper
1850formed
24,564pop. 2020
14cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Uvalde.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Uvalde titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
First National BankUvaldeBuilding2014
Fort Inge Archeological SiteUvaldeSite1985
Garner, John Nance, House NHLUvaldeBuilding1976
Grand Opera HouseUvaldeBuilding1978
Leona River Archeological SiteUvaldeSite1976
Nicolas Street SchoolUvaldeBuilding2010
State Highway 3 Bridge at the Nueces RiverUvaldeStructure1996
Taylor Slough Archeological SiteUvaldeSite1976
Uvalde Downtown Historic DistrictUvaldeDistrict2019
Uvalde Flint QuarryUvaldeSite1976
Willingham SiteUvaldeSite1976

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Uvalde was formed in 1850 (1850-02-08) from Bexar.

UVALDE created from BEXAR.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Uvalde County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

26k13k5061860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5062,5414,64710,76913,24616,01516,81422,44125,92624,564

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

14 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed
NameLatLon
Bear Creek Cemetery29.5619-99.68339
Brown Cemetery29.2412-99.45886
Concan Cemetery29.48079-99.68922
Cummins - Heard Cemetery29.5663-99.84356
Davenport Cemetery29.33552-99.42799
Davenport Cemetery29.46808-99.76718
Pioneer Park Cemetery29.21496-99.79284
Sabinal Cemetery29.31718-99.44949
Saint Patrick Cemetery29.32246-99.44588
Sparks Cemetery29.24079-100.08451
The Ditch Cemetery29.13441-99.70728
Waresville Cemetery29.59515-99.5262
Wish Family Cemetery29.27657-99.55196
Yancy Cemetery29.43259-100.10224
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Dabney29.16246-100.09951

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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