Maverick County

Maverick County was created February 2, 1856, from Kinney County and organized July 13, 1871. It was named for Texas Revolution veteran, signer of the declaration of Independence, and Texas legislator Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870). The county centers in an area of dairies, farming, and ranching. The hard-traveled El Camino Real, a path into Texas history for Louis St. Denis, Spanish missionaries, Moses Austin, and countless troops and settlers, crossed the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, the county seat. The county is the site of Spanish mission ruins and military posts. Fort Duncan, now a military park, housed both U.S. and Confederate troops.

Eagle Pass, Texas · United States