Editing List of counties in Texas (section)

==Defunct counties==
There have been at least thirty-two counties established by Texas law that no longer exist. These fall into five categories: judicial counties; counties established by the Constitutional Convention of 1868–69; counties never organized which were abolished by legislative act; counties whose territory is no longer considered part of the state; and counties whose names have been changed.<ref name="Defunct">{{cite web | title=TSHA Defunct Counties | publisher=The Texas State Historical Association | url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hzd01 | access-date=April 20, 2007 }}</ref>

* [[Buchel County, Texas|Buchel County]], formed in 1887 from [[Presidio County, Texas|Presidio County]]. Annexed in 1897 to [[Brewster County, Texas|Brewster County]].
* Dawson County, formed in 1858 in what is now [[Kinney County]] and [[Uvalde County]] and abolished in 1866 (not to be confused with the present-day [[Dawson County, Texas|Dawson County]]).
* [[Encinal County, Texas|Encinal County]], formed in 1856. Abolished in 1899 and annexed to [[Webb County]].
* [[Foley County, Texas|Foley County]], formed in 1887 from [[Presidio County, Texas|Presidio County]]. Annexed in 1897 to [[Brewster County, Texas|Brewster County]].
* [[Greer County, Texas|Greer County]], formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling in ''United States v. the State of Texas'', {{ussc|162|1|1896}} and is now part of southwestern [[Oklahoma]].
* [[Perdido County, Texas|Perdido County]], formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s. Perdido was reportedly abolished in 1858 and again in 1871. Records of annexation to [[Dawson County, Texas|Dawson County]] are also inconclusive.
* [[Santa Fe County, Texas]] formed in 1848 from lands claimed by the [[Republic of Texas]] and ceded by [[Mexico]]. It included a vast area later becoming portions of several states from [[New Mexico]] east of the Rio Grande extending northward into south-central [[Wyoming]]. Within Texas' modern boundaries, the county included the [[Trans-Pecos]] and most of the [[Texas Panhandle|Panhandle]]. The county was abolished when Texas ceded its western lands under the [[Compromise of 1850]].
* [[Wegefarth County, Texas|Wegefarth County]], formed in 1873 in the [[Texas Panhandle]] and abolished in 1876.
* [[Worth County, Texas|Worth County]], formed in 1850 from part of Santa Fe County. Abolished under the [[Compromise of 1850]] and is now part of east-central New Mexico.