Kenedy County, Texas

Founding: 1921
Parent counties: Hidalgo and Willacy

Namesake: Mifflin Kenedy, Texas businessman
Seat: Sarita (1921–)

Land area: 1,458 square miles

Population (2020): 350

Population (historic): 1,033 (1920); 701 (1930); 700 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1950s

Subdivisions: One CDP

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 56 (22.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,562
Average outbuilding value (1930): $8,031
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
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Sarita

Namesake: Sarita Kenedy, daughter of the village's founder

Founding: 1904 (platting); 1904 (post office)

Population (2020): 205

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 46 (33.1%)
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