Uvalde County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties UV  Uvalde County

County Courthouse


Uvalde County has been home to five courthouses. The first courthouse was completed in May 1857, with the first floor of the building housing the courthouse and jail, in rooms with 9' tall ceilings. The second floor, used for county offices had ceilings that were 5' tall at the eves. The 1870 courthouse was a cypress wood frame building. A fourth courthouse was built in 1877. In 1890, an ornate Second Empire style courthouse topped with a clock tower and lightning rods was built. In 1927, the construction began on the current courthouse, shown at right, a brick and concrete structure. The building is a Recorded Texas Landmark.

Uvalde County Courthouse Ramona Hobbs, County Clerk Corner of Main (U.S. 90) and Getty P.O. Box 284 Uvalde, Texas 78802-0284 (830) 278-6614 Uvalde County Government Website

Inventory of the county archives of Texas : Uvalde County, no. 232, 1941. Historical Records Survey. Inventory of records housed in the Uvalde County Courthouse as of 1936-1937. Digital book on line at the Portal to Texas History.

History
The first Anglo-American settlers arrived in 1852. The name Uvalde was originally known as "Ugalde".

Parent County
1850--Uvalde County was created 8 February 1850 from Bexar county. Uvalde County was organized in February 1856. County seat: Encina, renamed Uvalde in 1856.

Populated Places
Knippa | Sabinal | Utopia | Uvalde | Uvalde Estates

Neighboring Counties

 * Bandera
 * Edwards
 * Frio
 * Kinney
 * Maverick
 * Medina
 * Real
 * Zavala

Local Histories

 * Oldtimers: Frontier Days in the Uvalde Section of Southwest Texas, 1939, by Florence Fenley.
 * A Proud Heritage: A History of Uvalde County, 1975.
 * Uvalde County History from the Handbook of Texas Online.

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site.

Vital Records

 * Uvalde County Births - How to Get a Birth Record
 * Uvalde County Marriages - How to Get a Marriage Record
 * Uvalde County Deaths - How to Get a Death Record
 * (FamilySearch) - The index was created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903 and in many counties prior to 1910. Fold3.com also has Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 ($) available online.
 * (FamilySearch) - Index to Texas statewide death certificates covering 4 million deaths since 1964.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Uvalde Texas Family History Center

Web Sites

 * TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county