ENCINAL COUNTY

ENCINAL COUNTY. Encinal County, as established on February 1, 1856, included the eastern part of present Webb County and was to have Encinal as county seat. The county was never organized and was abolished on March 12, 1899. The territory was incorporated into Webb County.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: 

Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, comp., Laws of Texas, 1822–1897 (10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898).

Seymour V. Connor

Citation

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.

Seymour V. Connor, "ENCINAL COUNTY," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hce71), accessed May 19, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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