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Zapata County

US 83, NW of Zapata, Zapata, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 26° 57' 5.97081999996", -99° 20' 18.78837"

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Formed from Webb and Starr counties; created January 22, 1858; organized April 26, 1858; named in honor of Antonio Zapata, a pioneer stockman of the region, supporter of the Republic of the Rio Grande; county seat, Carrizo, 1858; name later changed to Zapata.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Zapata County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas