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District of Mina established 1826 by Stephen F. Austin and named for Spanish general Francisco Xavier Mina. In events leading up to the Texas Revolution, according to some sources, members of the district of Mina at the Convention of 1832 were actually people from the Matagorda area rather than what became Bastrop County. Mina Municipality of Coahuila and Texas established 1834 including all or part of the following present day counties: Bastrop, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comal, Eastland, Fayette, Gillespie, Hamilton, Hays, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Mills, Runnels, Taylor and Travis; A small eastern section removed 1/8/1836; Convention of 1836 made it a county on March 17, 1836 as one of 23 original counties; Name changed to Bastrop County in honor of the Baron de Bastrop April 8, 1837 when Bastrop County was organized. The County Seat of Mina was also changed to Bastrop. In 1840 when Travis County was formed, Bastrop County shrank almost to its present size. -Handbook of Texas Online: Bastrop County, Matagorda County |
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This list contains or will contain all post offices known from Texas. Noted also are whether recent offices have had at least one precancel type, as listed in the Precancel Stamp Society's Town and Type Catalog of the United States and Territories, Sixth edition, Summer 1998, and from Fosters' personal knowledge. A link is provided to detailed precancel data for that location. The precancel device(s) may or may not still exist. An * indicates a discontinued post office or name change. Pester the active post offices so that devices can be retained or ordered. They may be found many times, but only have to be thrown away once. Precancel devices are not usually issued to branches, stations or contract post offices. Please see plans page for color legend. |
| Post Office | Zip / * | Established | first precancels Authorized | Discontinued | Notes |
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| Mina | 1834: HBTO | 3/17/1836: HBTO | no post office, Mexican administration of Mina Municipality of Coahuila y Texas, presumably named in honor of Spanish general Francisco Xavier Mina (compare Mina District) | ||
| " | 3/17/1836: HBTO | 4/8/1837: HBTO | no post office, Republic of Texas administration of Mina County, then Bastrop County, name changed to Bastrop | ||
| Bastrop (1837-1846) | Republic of Texas administration in Bastrop County | ||||
| " (1846-1861) | in Bastrop County, Texas admitted to USA | ||||
| " (1861-1865) | Confederate administration in Bastrop County | ||||
| BASTROP (1865-present) | in Bastrop County | ||||
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