LaSalle County, Texas Records

LaSalle County, Texas (Map It) was created on February 1, 1858 from Nueces County, Bexar County and Webb County. This county was named for René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643–1687), the French explorer who traveled through Texas .

LaSalle County is bordered by Frio County (north), Atascosa County (northeast), McMullen County (east), Webb County (south), Dimmit County (west).

LaSalle County Cities and Towns include Cotulla, Encinal..

A Map of LaSalle County, Texas contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.

LaSalle County, Texas Courthouse Records

The LaSalle County Courthouse is located in Cotulla, Texas. Learn More About State of Texas Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicate what vital, land, probate, and court records are in LaSalle county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

Some early records  prior to organization on November 1880 may be located in Nueces County, Live Oak County, Webb County and McMullen County

• LaSalle County Clerk has Birth & Death Records from 1903, Marriage Records from 1880, Land Records from 1880, Probate Records from 1881 and Court Records from 1881. The County Clerk's office is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
• LaSalle County Tax Assessor-Collector Office is responsible for the the assessment of taxes on each property in the county and collection of that tax

LaSalle County, Texas Census Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• Texas Census Substitute Records: 1820-1890
• U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedules: 1860
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1860, 1870 and 1880
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

LaSalle County, Texas Vital Records

• Learn More: State of Texas Vital Records
• Birth and Death Records: from 1903 to present.
• Marriage Records: available from the County Clerk
• Divorce Records: available from the Clerk of District Court
• Locations: Texas Department of State Health Services
• Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
• Vital Records by Mail: Birth and Death Certificate Applications.
• In Person:  Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756; (888) 963-7111 or (512) 458-7111

LaSalle County, Texas Resources

• LaSalle Co. Records Available on Microfilm
• LaSalle County, Texas Message Boards

LaSalle County, Texas External Links

• Texas Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
• Historical Newspapers from Texas (1813 - 1993)
• LaSalle County, Texas Books - Amazon
• LaSalle Co., Texas - FindaGrave
• Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection
• LaSalle Co., Texas Almanac
• Texas county histories : a bibliography
• LaSalle County History
• LaSalle County, Texas Links - Cyndi's List
• LaSalle Co. TXGenweb
• LaSalle County, Texas Ancestry Database Collections
• Texas General Land Office Map Collection
• LaSalle County, Texas Military Records