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Duval County is in the southern region of Texas and the county seat is San Diego. San Diego lies about 60 miles due west of downtown Corpus Christi. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,782. The county was created in 1858 from parts of Live Oak, Nueces and Starr counties and organized in 1880. It's named for Burr H. Duval, a soldier in the Texas Revolution who died in the Goliad Massacre.

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Publications

•Carrozza, Anthony R. Dukes of Duval County: The Parr Family and Texas Politics. N.p.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017. (Currently at Google Books)
•Clark, Forrest H.; Crosswinds of Duval Co.; 3C Publishers 1991.
•Lynch, Dudley M., Parr, George Berham. The Duke of Duval: The Life and Times of George B. Parr. United States: Texian Press, c1976. 139 p. illus., (n.d.). (Currently at Google Books)
•McCoy, Dorothy Abbott, ; Published by Springman-King Lithograph Co.; Edinburg, Tex.: distributed by Bruce Underwood.
Vere, Ancencion Garcia; Hacienda San Buena Ventura: history of a Duval County, Texas ranch; Published by the Author, 1993.

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