Uvalde County is named for Juan de Ugalde, who was the Spanish Governor of Coahuila and a Spanish General who won a battle against 300 Apaches in the Sabinal River Canyon on January 9, 1790.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Real County and Bandera County
E – Medina County
S – Zavala County
W – Kinney County
Created: February 8, 1850 
County Seat:
Uvalde 1856 – present
County Courthouse – Uvalde
Location: 100 North Getty Street / Main Street
Built: 1927 – 1928
Style: Texas Renaissance and Classical Revival
Architect: Henry Truman Phelps of San Antonio
Contractor: M H Ryland of Uvalde
Description: The building faces southwest and is a three story buff colored brick and limestone structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds and has a large portico supported by three wide arches on the first story and four columns on the second and third stories. Above is a pediment with clock at the top. The first story has white colored stone. In the interior the County District Court courtroom is located on the second story.
See: The architect Henry Truman Phelps of San Antonio, Texas
Note: The 4th Administrative Judicial Region has a main office at San Antonio in Bexar County.
History: The county was created in 1850 and Uvalde was selected as the county seat in 1856. The first courthouse was built in 1877 by M R Parker at a cost of $4,630.. The second and previous courthouse was designed by Benjamin Franklin Trestler and constructed by John Cormack in 1890 at a cost of $14,300. The third and present courthouse was constructed in 1927 to 1928 at a cost of $150, 570.
New County Courthouse Annex – Uvalde
Location: 121 East Nopal Street / North east Street
Built: 2025 – 2026
Style: Modern
Architect: Davis Powell Architecture of Eagle Pass
Contractor: Frontera Construction of Del Rio
Description: The modern building faces north and is a one story frame structure. The building is located in the center of Uvalde. The roof is hipped. Cost is $1,400,000. The building was constructed on the site of the former jail.
County Courthouse – Uvalde
County District Court courtroom
Photos taken 2006 and 2017