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Texas Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Texas death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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Texas Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

2,746

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

11,149

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

907

Active sources monitored (30 days)

191

Counties with recent activity

22 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 22 hours ago

Texas Death Data by County

191 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Harris County96586YesterdayActive
Dallas County87861YesterdayActive
Travis County83716YesterdayActive
Tarrant County71944YesterdayActive
Bexar County48532YesterdayActive
Hidalgo County45120YesterdayActive
El Paso County38513YesterdayActive
Nueces County25015YesterdayActive
Bell County21318YesterdayActive
Cameron County18915YesterdayActive
Montgomery County18612YesterdayActive
McLennan County163142 days agoActive
Williamson County15293 days agoActive
Fort Bend County136123 days agoActive
Jefferson County1308YesterdayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Texas

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

2,746

Previous 7 days: 3,107 · -12% vs prior period

Last 30 days

11,149

Previous 30 days: 16,985 · -34% vs prior period

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What Texas Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible Texas County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent Texas records

Date of death

100%

of recent Texas records

City / location

100%

of recent Texas records

County

100%

of recent Texas records

Source URL

100%

of recent Texas records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Texas records

Captured text excerpt

92%

of recent Texas records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Texas Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Austin816Houston697Dallas575San Antonio438Fort Worth404El Paso383Corpus Christi231Pharr166Victoria127Arlington121Lubbock109Temple101

Texas Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Texas to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse Texas Funeral Homes →

How Texas County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible Texas records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access Texas Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Texas death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new Texas records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Texas Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Texas counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example Texas Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "TX",
  "county": "Travis",
  "county_slug": "travis-county-tx",
  "city": "Austin",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

Texas Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Texas Death Data

Choose the Texas counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse Texas Funeral Homes.