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Brooks County Texas

Because of its isolation most of the families receiving grants settled along the Rio Grande rather than in the Brooks County area and only sporadically brought their cattle to the region.

Between the Texas Revolution and the end of the Mexican War, Brooks County lay in the disputed territory between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. During these conflicts many of the original grantees fled to Mexico, and much of the area was occupied only by wandering vaqueros. Gradually, with the cessation of hostilities, some families returned, but frequent droughts and lack of transportation discouraged permanent settlement.

Carved out of neighboring Hidalgo, Starr and Zapata counties, Brooks County was created on March 11, 1911 and named in honor of James Abijah Brooks. Its county seat is Falfurrias. The county is named for James Abijah Brooks, a Texas Ranger and legislator.

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CITIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATED PLACES

* Airport Road Addition * Cantu Addition * Encino * Falfurrias * Flowella * Rachal *

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Website Updates: Dec 2024: Calamity News: WRIGHT burned while playing Santa, HELMS, PEEL; Visiting News: Premont Locals: ASKEY, AYERS, SEYMOUR, PREMONT, JAHNEL, COLLINS, OSBURNE, WALT, ANDERSON, Falfurrias Locals: PERKINS, WOLFE, MILLER, DONOHOE, GOUGER, KILLMER, PORTER, HOBBS, YOUNG, GARDNER, BENNETT, STALLINGS, PORTER, PARKS, RILEY, DASHIELL, SLAGLE Aug 2024: Ads: HOBBS, ATKINSON, NORTH, STOCKTON, HOOK, WILSON, CASTILLO Apr 2024: Marriage News: DONOHOE, CRISWELL, PIERCE, WHITLEY, WILIE, BROCK, HORNBURG, CRAVEN Dec 2023: Ads: CLEMENTS, HOOK, STRAYHORN, MERTENS, ALDEN, Palace Hotel, ATKINS, Park Hotel, MALLOY, BALDERAS, WIESENTHAL Jul 2023: Sick List News: LASATER; Visiting News: THOMAS, BURLESON, HUDSON, HENRY, WORD, MERRILL, MUSSEY, MARTIN, HEIZER, FLOYD, GAGE, BALDWIN, CARPENTER, HOOK, ROGERS, HARTSHORN, DOUGHTY, DARDEN, CRAVEN, RACHEL, DUNN, SANDS, AYERS, SWOFFORD, BENNETT Apr 2023: School News: 1913 Falfurrias Graduating Class; Ads: Palace Hotel, ATKINS, NORTH, BENNETT, HOOK, Grocery, Falfurrias Mercantile Co Nov 2022: Marriage News: GRANT, HENDRIX Aug 2022: Death News: RAMIREZ; Calamity News; Military News: JOHNSON, GLOVER, DE LA GARZA Apr 2022: Marriage News: VALENTINE, STEWART, MERTENS, MADERER Feb 2022: Sick List News: JOHNSON; Ads: SLOAN, MCINTYRE, LASATER, NORTH, STOCKTON, HOOK, SAUNDERS

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