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Kenedy County was created on April 2, 1921, from Cameron, Willacy, and Hildago Counties. It was named for Capt. Mifflin Kenedy, 1818—1895, who was sent to Texas in 1846 on United States Army supply boats and was a commercial navigator of the Rio Grande from 1848 to 1860. Sarita is the county seat.
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Sarita, Texas · United States
