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Webb County, Texas

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—newspaper titles

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10historic places

—earliest paper

1848formed

267,114pop. 2020

7cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Laredo, Mirando City.

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 Webb titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Barrio Azteca Historic District	Laredo	District	2003
Fort McIntosh	Laredo	District	1975
Hamilton Hotel	Laredo	Building	1992
Laredo US Post Office, Court House and Custom House	Laredo	Building	2001
Los Ojuelos	Mirando City	District	1976
Pan-American Courts and Cafe	Laredo	Building	2022
San Augustin de Laredo Historic District	Laredo	District	1973
San Jose de Palafox Historic/Archeological District	Laredo	District	1973
U.S. Inspection Station-Laredo, Texas	Laredo	Building	2014
Webb County Courthouse	Laredo	Building	1981

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Webb was formed in 1848 (1848-01-28) from Bexar, Nueces.

WEBB created from BEXAR and NUECES.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,397	5,273	21,851	29,152	45,916	56,141	64,791	99,258	193,117	267,114

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

7 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Becerra Cemetery	27.87029	-99.1218
Billings Cemetery	27.65255	-98.84978
Cactus Cemetery	27.90668	-99.38281
Darwin Cemetery	27.71223	-99.74505
Dolores Cemetery	27.6889	-99.73255
Loma Blanca Cemetery	27.59246	-98.84944
Tordillo Cemetery	27.7364	-99.61866

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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