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Grimes County USGenWeb Archives
 
 

Grimes County Coordinator

Vanessa Burzynski

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Table of Contents

African Americans	Archives	Baptisms	Bible Records
Biographies	Books on Grimes County	Businesses of Grimes County	Calendar of Festivals, Reunions, and Events
Cemeteries	Census Records	Churches	Genealogies
Genealogy Resource Links and Tools	Grimes County News	Guestbook	Historic Documents
Historic Homes	Historical Markers	Historic Places	Historical Societies
History and Maps	Land Records	Letters from Home	Lookups
Migrations into Grimes County	Obituaries	Our Grimes County Ancestors	People, Places and Tourism
Photo Gallery	Photo Tour of Anderson	Photo Tour of Iola	Photo Tour of Navasota
Pioneers of Grimes County	Postcards	Grimes County Surnames	Research Aids
Researcher Webpage Links	Reunions	Towns of Grimes County	Veterans and Military Links
Vital Records	Who am I?	Wills and Estate Records	Yellow Fever Victims in Navasota, 1867
Grimes County Lists of Fugitives from Justice	Orphan Train	White Man’s Union	Slavery in Grimes County

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 1940 Census

Grimes County was created in 1846 from a portion of Montgomery County. The county was named for Jesse Grimes; one of Stephen F. Austin's Colonists, a Texas Declaration of Independence signer, and State Senator. The county seat is the town of Anderson; the present court house was built in 1894. Four prior court houses had been destroyed; one by wind and three by fire. In 2000, the population was 23,552 in a land area of 664 square miles, an average of 35.5 people per square mile.
 
 

TXGenWeb COUNTY OF THE MONTH AWARD The Mike Basham Memorial TXGenWeb County of the Month Award has initiated a program to recognize the efforts of county sponsors to provide outstanding resources and assistance to county visitors.

GRIMES COUNTY WINS THE TXGenWeb COUNTY OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR FEBRUARY 2008 Thank you so much to all of our volunteers.  Without you, Grimes County TXGenWeb would never have won this award. With this third recognition, Grimes County has now been added to the TXGenWeb Project Hall of Fame!