Guadalupe County

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll pass it along just the same way. Guadalupe County. The name alone carries some history, and we're just gettin started.

This county was formed from two others, Gonzales and Bexar, and created on March 30, 1846. Then, not long after, it got itself organized on July 13 of that same year. Now that's moving with purpose.

The county takes its name from the Guadalupe River, and that river got its name from a man called Alonso De Leon, way back in 1689. Whatever he saw when he stood on those banks, the name stuck, and it's been the Guadalupe River ever since. The county seat is Seguin, named in honor of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin, born in 1806, died in 1890.

A name worth honoring, carried by a town that still answers to it today. Guadalupe County, carved out of Gonzales and Bexar, named for a river that Alonso De Leon christened nearly four centuries ago, anchored by a seat that bears the name of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin. Some places just wear their history right out on the surface, and this is one of them.

What the marker says

Guadalupe County; formed from Gonzales and Bexar counties; created March 30, 1846. Organized July 13,1846; named for the Guadalupe River, to which this name was given by Alonso De Leon in 1689; Seguin, the county seat named in honor of Juan Nepomuceno Seguin 1806-1890.