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COUNTY INFORMATION

Brewster County is a county located in western part of the U.S. state of Texas, along the border with Mexico. As of the 2000 census, the population is 8,866. Its county seat and only city is Alpine.

U.S. Highway 90 crosses the county in the north; U.S. Highway 385 enters Brewster County from the northeast and proceeds south to the county's main attraction, Big Bend National Park, part of the Big Bend. The Southern Pacific Railroad and the South Orient Railroad cross northern parts of the county.

Brewster is named for Henry Percy Brewster, a secretary of war for the Republic of Texas.

The county is the largest in the state and includes Big Bend National Park.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county is larger than the states of Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island (and larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined).

To the east and south, the Rio Grande forms the county's (and the country's) border with the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

 
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 CITIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATED PLACES

* Alpine *  Marathon *  Study Butte-Terlingua *  Altuda  *  Arick Village  *  Boquillas  *  
 
*  Castolon  *  Glenn Springs  *  Lajitas  *  Rosenfeld  * 
 
 
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Website Updates:
Dec 2024: Community News: JONES, ESPY, ELMBALL, MERIWETHER, MONTGOMERY; Visiting News: MCINTYRE, HESS, PARKER, HOOKS, ROBERTS, STARR, JUDSON, WEAVER, LOCKHART, SPROULE, FRENCH, SHOEMAKE, BOULAND, MILLER, GRANGER, MCKINNEY, ARNOLD, MOORE, CHILDRESS, LEE, BARKER, TROLENGER, SIMPSON, MUSGROVE, JONES, KINCAID, SKIPPER, GILLETT, ADAMS, ROONEY, SHELY, BATES, HIATT, DASCOM, VAN HARGUS, CHAMBERS, BOURLAND, ALLEN, REED, COLLINS
Aug 2024: Birth News: ALLEN
Jul 2024: Death News: KNIGHT
Apr 2024: Death News: WEAVER; Marriage News: BABCOCK, ANDERSON, CHRISTMAN, ABBOTT, GRADDY, HINSON, GILLETT, ANDERSON, BLUEMENTRITT, STRAACH, KEITH, DOD, HALEY, STEWART, D'AMICO, MAXCY, COCKRAN, FUNK, KASPER, BEAMAN
Mar 2024: Marriage News: GREENHILL, MALONE
Dec 2023: Deaths: More 1917 Death Records; Marriage News: RICHARDSON, BOLT; Sick List News: SIMPSON, STOREY; Death News: SHOEMAKE, FARRIS; Ads: HALL, PHELPS, LARGENT, BERKELEY, BASS, VAN SICKLE, BROOKE, TURNEY, HIGGINS, TERRY, SLIGHT, WADE, VOGT, BURDICK, MCDONNELL, MCCALLUM, SHIELDS; Military: Confederate Pension Applicants
Aug 2023: Deaths: 1915 - 1916 Deaths of Brewster County; Military: World War 1 Draft Registration Cards: AGUIRRE, AHLREP, ALACORN, ALEMAN, ALISON, ALLDREDGE, ALMADOBE, ALMENDORES, ALONZO
Mar 2023: Visiting News: McFARLAND, SLIGH, RICE, BAINES, RENINGER, KINCAID, COOPER, ADAMS, KREBUM, SHELY, GRANGER, LEMONS, MANSFIELD, ROBERTS, PARKER, WILHELM
Dec 2022: Biographies: COMBS; Death News: TAYLOR, HARRISON, KLITT, GREENWOOD; Marriage News: McLYMONT, ROSS; Cemeteries: Old Alpine Cemetery; Death Records: 1903-1914 Deaths
Jul 2022: Biographies: COWAN
May 2022: Visiting News: LEASE, HENDERSON, DEVER, ROONEY, SICKLE, HARMAN, GAGE, SHEPARD, GAUGHRAN, FERGUSON, LEDFORD; Birth News: GOODSON, WEYERS; Death News: HOLMES, DUNN, SHOEMAKE; Sick List News: MCKINNEY
Apr 2022: Death News: MILLER
Feb 2022: Military: 1890 Veterans Schedule; Death News: JAMES, PARKER; Birth News: MONAGIN; Calamity News: KOKERNOT
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