Dimmit County (TX) Land & Surveyor Broadsheet Charter / Archive Ref: TX Historical Corp Charter (1925 Dimmit County Colonization & Rail Townsite) Primary Recorder Entry: Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor)
Catarina Townsite Company Est. 1925-1940s Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Historical Corp Charter (1925 Dimmit County Colonization & Rail Townsite) · Dimmit County Land Archive

Dimmit County Surveyor & Deed Archive · Catarina Townsite Company · Dimmit County (TX)

How Catarina Townsite Company Surveyed and Platted the Lands of Dimmit County.

Organized by Asherton & Gulf Railway / Catarina Colonization Group (1925-1940s Active Grantor Era), Catarina Townsite Company assembled and subdivided tracts across Dimmit County (TX), recorded in the county clerk's books at Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor). This broadsheet preserves the historical surveys, recorded plats, and deed index of the company.

Original Era
1925-1940s Active Grantor Era
County Seat & Archive
Dimmit County (TX)
Primary Recorder Entry
Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor)
Historical Newspaper Archive Inspect Historical Newspaper Clippings → View archival Texas newspaper press pages documenting Catarina Townsite Company. County Recorder Index Search the Deed & Tract Table → Filter recorded instruments, survey calls, and reservation clauses.
Dimmit County Historical Press Archive

Historical Newspaper & Archival Press Facsimiles for Catarina Townsite Company

Inspect primary historical newspaper pages and press dispatches retrieved from The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) documenting Catarina Townsite Company in Dimmit County (TX).

Texas Historical Newspaper Archive · ARK metapth1650701

Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 183, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1925

Archival Texas newspaper edition (Wichita Daily Times (Wichita Falls, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 183, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1925) preserved in the Texas Digital Newspaper Archive (ARK Identifier: ark:/67531/metapth1650701), documenting regional land, townsite, and county history for the Dimmit County corridor.

Chronicle of Dimmit County

Land, Water, Surveys & the Story of Catarina Townsite Company

Situated across the Nueces River brush country and Winter Garden artesian belt, the recorded instruments of Catarina Townsite Company (1925-1940s Active Grantor Era) document a pivotal chapter in Winter Garden irrigated onion/citrus farms and Eagle Ford horizontal units. Anchored in the Dimmit County Clerk's books at Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor), the company assembled and conveyed acreage within Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas, leaving a permanent chain of recorded deeds and reservations.

  1. 1925-1940s Active Grantor Era TX Charter · TX Historical Corp Charter (1925 Dimmit County Colonization & Rail Townsite)

    I. Parent Acquisition & Survey Assembly: Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Catarina Townsite Company

    Organized by Asherton & Gulf Railway / Catarina Colonization Group (1925-1940s Active Grantor Era), Catarina Townsite Company acquired parent survey acreage across Dimmit County (TX), anchored at Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor).

    Primary survey and subdivision calls indexed to Catarina Townsite Company encompass Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas as well as Western Eagle Ford Condensate & Gas Gathering Trunkline Corridor (Dimmit County).

  2. Recorded at Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (Rec. 1925-11-17) Dimmit County Official Records · Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor)

    II. Out-Conveyance Program & Severed Estate Reservations (Catarina Townsite Company)

    Across its Dimmit County out-conveyances (Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (Rec. 1925-11-17)), Catarina Townsite Company embedded express deed clauses: Townsite street/alley fee strips, Asherton & Gulf Railway depot/spur easements, and artesian irrigation ditch rights-of-way across 855 instruments. 855 historical plant instruments governing townsite lots, rail spurs, and irrigation corridors in the heart of the Dimmit County Eagle Ford play.

    Additional recorded stipulations in the Dimmit County chain of title include: Early Eagle Ford basin colonization reservations retained prior to townsite company dissolution.

  3. Current Dimmit County Abstract Dimmit County Clerk & Appraisal Cross-Reference

    III. Chain-of-Title Verification Across Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Ir

    Title examiners, surveyors, and landowners reviewing Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas in Dimmit County trace surface and subsurface chains directly through the 1925-1940s Active Grantor Era instruments of Catarina Townsite Company at Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor).

    Use the searchable instrument ledger below or submit a Volume/Page citation to the Catarina Townsite Company records desk for chain-of-title verification.

County Recorder Cross-Reference

Historical Subdivision, Survey & Deed Index

Search and filter the verified Dimmit County recorder entries, survey abstracts, and tract citations below for Catarina Townsite Company.

Historical cross-reference of Catarina Townsite Company deeds, survey abstracts, and recorder citations in Dimmit County
Subdivision / Instrument Unit Recorder Citation Parties & Tract Call Historical Survey & Reservation Notes Series
Parent Survey & Tract Vesting Into Catarina Townsite Company Dimmit County Deed Records (Prior to Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor)) Prior Survey Owners -> Catarina Townsite Company (Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas) Parent conveyances vesting fee simple surface and mineral title into Catarina Townsite Company prior to subdivision and out-conveyance. Vesting Into Company
Catarina Townsite & Colonization Dedication Instrument Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (Rec. 1925-11-17) Catarina Townsite Company -> Catarina Townsite & Farm Tract Grantees (Dimmit County) 855 historical plant instruments governing townsite lots, rail spurs, and irrigation corridors in the heart of the Dimmit County Eagle Ford play. Deed Records
Field Notes & Historical Curiosities

Why the Dimmit County Land Records Look the Way They Do Today

Every old subdivision map and deed book in Dimmit County is a record of early surveying, local development, and state property law.

Survey & Deed Provenance · Dimmit County (1925-1940s Active Grantor Era)

Surveying and Subdividing Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irri in Dimmit County

When Catarina Townsite Company (led by Asherton & Gulf Railway / Catarina Colonization Group) executed its Dimmit County conveyances anchored at Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor), each instrument tied its metes-and-bounds calls directly to Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas. In the Nueces River brush country and Winter Garden artesian belt, those survey ties and subdivision calls remain the controlling reference for modern parcel boundaries and abstract examinations.

“Anchored in the official records of Dimmit County (TX) at Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor), covering Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas.”

Primary Surveys & Tracts Indexed:

  • Townsite of Catarina & Surrounding Colonization Irrigated Farm Tracts, Dimmit County, Texas
  • Western Eagle Ford Condensate & Gas Gathering Trunkline Corridor (Dimmit County)
Title & Reservation Analysis · Dimmit County (TX)

Severed Estates and Retained Clauses in Catarina Townsite Company's Dimmit County Deeds

In Dimmit County, the out-conveyances of Catarina Townsite Company (Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor)) expressly documented: Townsite street/alley fee strips, Asherton & Gulf Railway depot/spur easements, and artesian irrigation ditch rights-of-way across 855 instruments. Additionally, the record index notes: Early Eagle Ford basin colonization reservations retained prior to townsite company dissolution. Under TX real property statutes, an express reservation in a recorded warranty deed severs that interest from the surface fee, keeping it vested in the corporate grantor or its statutory trustees unless a subsequent specific conveyance is recorded.

“Documented reservation in Dimmit County (Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor)): Townsite street/alley fee strips, Asherton & Gulf Railway depot/spur easements, and artesian irrigation ditch rights-of-way across 855 instruments”

Recorded Reservation & Deed Clauses Documented:

  • Townsite street/alley fee strips, Asherton & Gulf Railway depot/spur easements, and artesian irrigation ditch rights-of-way across 855 instruments
  • Early Eagle Ford basin colonization reservations retained prior to townsite company dissolution
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Submit the Instrument Book and Page, Survey, or Parcel Number for Chain-of-Title and Corporate Records Verification.

This broadsheet is maintained as an Independent Historical Surveyor Atlas, Plat Archive & Chain-of-Title Research Index preserving the surveying, agricultural, mineral, and corporate history of Catarina Townsite Company (TX Ref: TX Historical Corp Charter (1925 Dimmit County Colonization & Rail Townsite)) in Dimmit County.

Whether you are a local historian, a landowner researching the history of your tract or subdivision, a surveyor examining historical map books, or a landman, division order analyst, or title examiner with a question regarding historical corporate records, leases, or deeds, use the form here to reach the archive desk.

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Entity: Catarina Townsite Company (Est. 1925-1940s Active Grantor Era · TX Ref TX Historical Corp Charter (1925 Dimmit County Colonization & Rail Townsite))
Primary County Record: Dimmit County Deed Records Vol. 45, Page 49 (855 Recorded Historical Plant Instruments in Core Eagle Ford Corridor) (Dimmit County, TX)

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