Worth County, Texas

Worth County, Texas
Location in the U.S. state of Texas
Texas's location in the U.S.
Existed	January 3-November 25, 1850
Named for	William Jenkins Worth
Seat	Valverde

Coordinates: 33°40′N 105°50′W / 33.667°N 105.833°W / 33.667; -105.833

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Worth County was a Texas county which was established by the state legislature from territory previously belonging to Sante Fe County, Texas on January 3, 1850. Val Verde (later the site of the Civil War Battle of Valverde^[1][2] was established as the county seat.^[3]

Worth County was never actually organized as the territory (in large part due to local opposition of the area being considered a part of Texas^[4]) and was ceded a few months later to the US Federal government on November 25, 1850, as a part of the Compromise of 1850.^[3][5]

See also

• List of defunct counties in Texas

References

External links

• 1849 De Cordova Map of the State of Texas from Wikimedia Commons