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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 the 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. 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.
Archives
Online
and free!
Search the
USGenWeb archives for Sutton County. Scroll all
the way
down on the
archives page
for the
search box.
Biographies
Bibliography
Cemeteries
Census
Death Certificates
Search for Texas Death Certificates from 1890 - 1976. You can save
and print Texas death certificates from this LDS Family Search site.
Family Histories
& Photos
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Historical
Society
Sutton Co.,
TX Historical Society email
Library
Sutton
County Library
306 E Mulberry St
Sonora, TX 76950
Links
Local Resources
Courthouse,
Library and Hotel & Campground information 
Lookups
Mailing List
To subscribe to the Sutton
County, Texas Mailing List send email to: TXSUTTON-L-request@rootsweb.com
with the single word subscribe
in the message subject and body
Maps
Marriages
Microfilm
Resources
for Sutton County records available on microfilm
Military Records
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Museums
Miers
Home Museum
307 E. Oak
Street
Sonora, TX 76950
The Santa Fe Depot
Neighboring Counties
Newspapers
Notorious
Individuals
Obituaries
Queries
Surnames
TXGenWeb
Counties A-Z
Complete
list of Texas counties with links to their TXGenWeb sites
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Site
last updated June 30, 2008.
If you have family history, stories, books,
wills, marriages, births, deaths, obits, old photos or other
information about
Sutton County, please send me an email
and I will add the
information to the site.
This
site is
associated with the TXGenWeb
Project
and the USGenWeb
Project.
Maintained by Tamara Stevens since Oct. 20,
2007. Thanks to Lola Withrow for a great start!
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