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Sutton County was created from Crockett County by an act of the Texas legislature in 1887, and was organized three years later. It was named for Col. John S. Sutton, a confederate officer who lost his life during Sibley's Civil War Expedition. Sonora, the only town in the county was laid out in 1888 and was selected as the county seat in 1889. The city was officially incorporated in 1917. The estimated population of the county in 2004 was 4, 097, in 2010 it was 4, 128.. Sonora is located 66 miles south of San Angelo, 91 miles north of Del Rio on the Mexican border and 175 miles west of San Antonio. Interstate 10 runs just north of town and outside of town are the Caverns of Sonora, some seven miles of caves with exotic limestone formations, which are visited by thousands of people annually.

Resources

On-Site

Books Census Records Cemeteries Families Local Information Lookups Military Photographs Queries Surnames Surrounding Counties Vital Records

Off-Site

Sutton Archives Other TXGenWeb Counties Portal to Texas History Query Board

Communities

(g) means ghost town
Bitrong Ranch
Camp Allison (g)
Fort Terrett (g)
Owenville (g)
Sonora
Wentworth (Winkler's Well) (g)

Newspapers, Past & Present

Devil's River News, 1890-current
The Sonora Sun, 1902-19??
Odessa American

These awards were won by Tamara Stevens.

Thanks to Lola Withrow for all her work to make this such a great site!

In memory of Tamara Stevens TXGenWeb County Coordinator for Concho, Knox, McCulloch and Sutton counties 2003-2021.