CHAMBERS COUNTY, TEXAS

29° 42' 0" N, 94° 40' 48" W (29.7, -94.68)
Population: 41,441 est. (2017) 35,096 (2010)
Total area: 871 square miles (2,260 km2)
597 square miles (1,550 km2) land
274 square miles (710 km2) (31%) water

Chambers County Topics

History

Town List

Missions

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Liberty County (N) Jefferson County (E) Galveston County (SW) Harris County (W)

Chambers County History

1936 Texas Centennial Marker:
CHAMBERS COUNTY

Formed from Jefferson and Liberty counties.
Created February 12, 1858.
Organized August 2, 1858.
Named in honor of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-1865), the first and only superior judge of Texas before the revolution. Member of Secession Convention of 1861.
County seat, Wallisville, 1858. Anahuac first known as Chambersea, since 1908.

Chambers County Courthouse

Chambers County County Courthouse
Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson

Chambers County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Anahuac
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Anahuac County seat

Glen ghost town

Winnie

Chambers County Missions

Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz

Chambers County Vintage Maps

Chambers County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Chambers County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Chambers County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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