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Uvalde County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Founded
- 1850 (created), 1856 (organized)
- Named after
- Juan de Ugalde
- Seat
- Uvalde
- Largest city
- Uvalde
- Total
- 1,559 sq mi (4,040 km )
- Land
- 1,552 sq mi (4,020 km )
- Water
- 6.7 sq mi (17 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 24,963
- Density
- 15.83/sq mi (6.111/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 23rd
- Website
- www .uvaldecounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Uvalde
- Capital
- Uvalde
- Population
- 24564
- Area
- 4037
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Edwards County
- Official website
- www.uvaldecounty.com
- Image
- Uvalde courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 8921
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- topic's main category
- Category:Uvalde County, Texas
- Commons category
- Uvalde County, Texas
- inception
- 1850-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Uvalde County, Texas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Uvalde County, Texas
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Uvalde County
- per capita income
- 21036
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Encyclopedic overview
Uvalde County (/juːˈvældi/ yoo-VAL-dee; Spanish: Condado de Uvalde) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,564. Its county seat is Uvalde. The county was created in 1850 and organized in 1856. It is named for Juan de Ugalde, the Spanish governor of Coahuila. Uvalde County was founded by Reading Wood Black, who also founded the city of Uvalde, Texas. Uvalde County comprises the Uvalde, TX Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uvalde County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.