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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1846 COUNTY NAMED FOR: Empresario Green DeWitt COUNTY SEATS: Three - Cameron, Clinton, and Cuero. COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Cuero Creek, which the Spanish had called Arroyo del Cuero, or Creek of the Rawhide, in reference to the Indians' practice of killing wild cattle that got stuck in the mud of the creekbed. COURTHOUSES: Three - 1847, 1858, and 1897 STANDING: One -1897 Romanesque Revival courthouse built of sandstone. |
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1897 Courthouse Texas DoT Photo 1939 |
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National Register of Historic Places RENOVATION: Complete - Rededication October 27, 2007 ADDRESS: 307 N Gonzales St, Cureo, Texas |