Guadalupe County, Texas
| Guadalupe County, Texas | |
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The Guadalupe County Courthouse in Seguin
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 Location in the U.S. state of Texas |
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 Texas's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1846 |
| Named for | Guadalupe River |
| Seat | Seguin |
| Largest city | Schertz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 715 sq mi (1,852 km2) |
| • Land | 711 sq mi (1,841 km2) |
| • Water | 3.5 sq mi (9 km2), 0.5% |
| Population | |
| • (2010) | 131,533 |
| • Density | 185/sq mi (71/km²) |
| Congressional district | 15th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
Guadalupe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 131,533. The county seat is Seguin. The county was founded in 1846 and is named for the Guadalupe River.
Guadalupe County is part of the San Antonio, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Indigenous paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers were the first inhabitants of the area, thousands of years before European colonization. Later historic Indian tribes settled in the area, including Tonkawa, Karankawa, Kickapoo, Lipan Apache, and Comanche.
In 1689, Alonso de Leon named the Guadalupe River for Spain in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
In 1806, French army officer José de la Baume, who later joined the Spanish army, was rewarded for his services to Spain with title to 27,000 acres (110 km2) of Texas land, the original El Capote Ranch. The grant was reaffirmed by the Republic of Mexico after it achieved independence.
Following Mexico's independence from Spain, Anglo-Americans from the United States settled in Texas in 1821 and claimed Mexican citizenship. In 1825, Guadalupe County was part of Green DeWitt's petition for a land grant to establish a colony in Texas, which was approved by the Mexican government. From 1827 to 1835, twenty-two families settled the area as part of DeWitt's colony.
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