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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.

4,389

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

13,960

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

1,134

Active sources monitored (30 days)

203

Counties with recent activity

2 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 2 hours ago

Texas Death Data by County

203 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across Texas 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 County1,213106YesterdayActive
Dallas County97367YesterdayActive
Tarrant County79249YesterdayActive
Bexar County77143YesterdayActive
El Paso County51417YesterdayActive
Travis County46528YesterdayActive
Hidalgo County44333YesterdayActive
Jefferson County2357YesterdayActive
Bell County22621YesterdayActive
Nueces County22618YesterdayActive
Cass County2253YesterdayActive
Denton County21814YesterdayActive
Cameron County21218YesterdayActive
McLennan County20016YesterdayActive
Brazoria County19723YesterdayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Texas

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

Last 7 days

4,389

Previous 7 days: 2,523 · +74% vs prior period

Last 30 days

13,960

Compared with the prior 30-day window when available.

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

99.8%

of recent Texas records

Source URL

100%

of recent Texas records

Full obituary text

89.7%

of recent Texas records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Texas Death & Obituary Data

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

Houston917San Antonio732Dallas536El Paso510Austin401Fort Worth361Corpus Christi225Hughes Springs210Beaumont173Arlington146Waco128Victoria127

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.