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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Waller County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,794. Its county seat is Hempstead. The county was named for Edwin Waller, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first mayor of Austin.
Waller County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is home of the Prairie View A&M University.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1824 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1873 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1873 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1873 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1873 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1880 | 9,024
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| 1890 | 10,888
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| 1900 | 14,246
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| 1910 | 12,138
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| 1920 | 10,292
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| 1930 | 10,014
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| 1940 | 10,280
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| 1950 | 11,961
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| 1960 | 12,071
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| 1970 | 14,285
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| 1980 | 19,798
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| 1990 | 23,390
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