How Guadalupe County Was Created

Settlers along the Guadalupe River asked the Republic of Texas Congress to create a new county. Congress set one up in 1842 and called it Guadalupe. But the Texas Supreme Court ruled that kind of county was not allowed. The county was shut down that same year. In March 1846, Texas joined the United States. The state legislature then created the current Guadalupe County from parts of Bexar and Gonzales counties. Seguin became the county seat.

The county was named for the Guadalupe River. The river runs right through its center. Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca may have passed through the area as early as 1534. Anglo settlers came through Stephen F. Austin's and Green DeWitt's colonies in the 1820s and 1830s.