Sutton County

Sutton County has traces of culture at least 20,000 years old and was occupied by Apache Indians up to the founding of Fort Terrett in 1852. Anglo-Texan settlement began in 1879 at Sonora, a trading post on the San Antonio-El Paso Road. The county was created on April 1, 1887, from land then in Crockett County and was organized on November 4, 1890, with Sonora as the county seat. It was named in honor of John S. Sutton (1821-1862), a member of the Santa Fe Expedition, a Texas Ranger and Indian fighter, a soldier in the Mexican War, and Colonel of Mounted Volunteers, who died of wounds received in the Civil War Battle of Val Verde.

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