Published: 1952
Updated: December 1, 1994
Another Dawson County, established by the Texas Legislature on February 1, 1858, was named for Nicholas Dawson and included the eastern portion of what is now Kinney County and the western portion of Uvalde County. The act was never expressly repealed, but the territory was obliterated by acts dated September 29 and October 5, 1866. The area included no part of present Dawson County, established in 1876.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Seymour V. Connor, “Dawson County (Defunct),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed October 22, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dawson-county-defunct.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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