Interesting list

[texasair]

Interesting list of Texas counties and how they got their names

http://genealogytrails.com/tex/state/countynamedafter.html

[El Viejo]

Very interesting, indeed!

[Greenheadless]

That’s cool.

Don’t let the cancel culture read all that though.

[deerwatcher51]

That’s cool.

Don’t let the cancel culture read all that though.

There would be some proposed name changes for sure.

[Acameron52]

Pretty neat!

[SmTx]

There's a book called The 254: How Texas Counties Got Their Names

I've been trying to get ahold of it but don't want to buy. Every man or woman that has a county named after them has an awesome story behind them.

[texasair]

You can get the book at Copano Press

https://copanobaypress-gallery.com/products/the-254-how-texas-counties-got-their-names

[texasair]

A quick summary after I looked over the list.

Most were named for men that fought and or died in the Texas war of Independence or were early officials or founders of the Government of the Nation of Texas.

Some were named for land features including rivers.


28 were named for Soldiers or government officials of the Confederacy.
Including 8 Confederate generals, and the President and vice-president of the Confederacy.

Some were named for slave owners including the father of Texas, Stephen F. Austin

[MnM]

Thanks for the read.

[SmTx]

You can get the book at Copano Press

https://copanobaypress-gallery.com/p...ot-their-names

Thanks, that's the best price I've seen so far.

I quit buying books after college but I did just put in a purchase request with our local public library.

[Buffalo1]

An interesting read. The "Culture Vultures" would probably love to change several of the county names.

[Campfire Soul]

Awesome

[Graysonhogs]

There would be some proposed name changes for sure.

Probably about 98% of em


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