Wegefarth County was a Texas county established on June 2, 1873, from Bexar and Young territories and abolished on August 21, 1876. The county shared boundaries with Hardeman County, Indian Territory, and with Greer County which was subject to a territorial dispute between Texas and the U.S. government which maintained that Greer County properly belonged to Indian Territory.[1][2] The county was named after C. Wegefarth.[1]
Wegefarth County | |
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 Map of Greer and Wegefarth counties in 1874 | |
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  Texas |
| Existed | 1873-1876 |
| Named for | Conrad Wegefarth |
Wegefarth County was abolished under a legislative act that created new counties across the Panhandle and, more broadly, across much of the northwestern area of the state. Specifically, those counties formed over lands previously held by Wegefarth were Collingsworth and Donley as well as portions of Briscoe, Childress, Gray, Hall, and Wheeler counties.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Wegefarth County". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ^ a b General Laws of the State of Texas (1876), Chapter 144, Page 242. “That the law creating Wegefarth county, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby, repealed.”
External links
edit- Wegefarth County in the Handbook of Texas Online
- Chapter XCI, General Laws of the State of Texas: Passed at the Session of the Thirteenth Legislature
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