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ENCINAL COUNTY. Encinal County, as established on February 1, 1856, included the western 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

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