Wilson County Extension on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Wilson County Extension
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last updated: August 2023

Wilson County was named for James Charles Wilson, who was born in Yorkshire, England in 1816. He came to Texas in 1837 and held many important state offices before his death at Gonzales in 1861. The county was created in 1860 with the first county seat being Sutherland Springs. In 1885, Floresville become the permanent county seat.

The county is a five sided (polygon), kite shaped parcel of land, located in the Rio Grande Plain or upper coastal plain of South Texas. The county comprises 516,480 acres or 807 square miles of land. Elevation ranges from 375 to 575 feet, inclining to the southeast, with a gently rolling terrain of an estimated sloping of some eight feet per mile. The average rainfall is 30 inches per year.

86 percent of the total county land acreage is presently utilized for farming and ranching. About one-half of the total agricultural income comes from beef cattle production. Other major agricultural products produced include grain sorghum, corn, milk, peanuts, hay, swine and wheat.

Mission: To provide quality, relevant, outreach and continuing education programs and services to the people of Wilson County.

Extension brings the resources of the Texas A&M University System to Wilson County. Through field based faculty, Extension provides unbiased, research-based information, educational programs, and technical assistance in the following core service areas:

Agriculture
Community & Economic Development
Environmental Stewardship
Nutrition and Family Development
Youth Development

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Wilson County Extension is not employed by or affiliated with the Land Conservation Assistance Network, and the Network does not certify or guarantee their services. The reader must perform their own due diligence and use their own judgment in the selection of any professional.