Uvalde County, Texas
Founding: 1856 (declared in 1850) Parent county: Bexar Namesake: Juan de Ugalde, Spanish soldier Seat: Uvalde (1856–) Land area: 1,552 square miles Population (2020): 24,564 Population (historic): 506 (1860); 2,541 (1880); 4,647 (1900); 12,945 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 811 (7.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,190 Average outbuilding value (1930): $832 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 706 Average farm size (1920): 144.5 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Uvalde Namesake: Juan de Ugalde, Spanish soldier Founding: 1853 (platting as ...