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Texas legislature establishes evanescent Wegefarth County
On this day in 1873, the Texas legislature declared the existence of
Wegefarth County. Like several other defunct Texas counties, Wegefarth
County was never more than an idea of the state government. Though it
had boundaries, it was never organized, and was abolished three years
after it was named. The territory of the county lay west of Greer
County, which, according to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, actually turned
out to be in Oklahoma. Though its own territory was disputed like that
of Greer County--because of a complex dispute involving an inaccurate
map and the location of the 100th meridian--Wegefarth County was
actually in Texas. But its name and boundaries were suppressed when the
legislature established the current Panhandle counties on August 21,
1876. The other phantom counties established by the legislature and
never organized were Buchel, Dawson, Encinal, and Foley.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- DEFUNCT COUNTIES
- GREER COUNTY
- PANHANDLE
- BOUNDARIES
- COUNTY ORGANIZATION
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