Menard County
Menard br/Menard County, Texas br/30 58.216' N 99 47.393' W br/br/Text: Formed from Bexar county. Created: January 22, 1858. Organized: June 25, 1866. Named in honor of Michel Branamour Menard 1805-1856. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, member of the Texas Congress, founder of Galveston. Menard, the county seat.