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East entrance of the Jeff Davis County Courthouse facing S. State St. (SH 17 / SH 118) in Fort DavisThe courthouse is located in the center of Fort Davis' courthouse square on a block bounded by Court Avenue to the north, South State Street to the east, Woodward Avenue to the south, and South Front Street on the west.
Jeff Davis County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,996. [1] Its county seat is Fort Davis. [2] The county is named for Jefferson Davis, who served as the 23rd United States Secretary of War in the 1850s, and as Confederate president.
The oldest continuous site still inhabited by a county courthouse is in Liberty County, where its courthouse has stood—although rebuilt—since 1831. [15] In 1971 and 1972, two Texas Courthouse Acts were passed, which require the county to notify the Texas Historical Commission (THC) of any plans to remodel or destroy historic courthouses. [16]
Fort Davis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jeff Davis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,201 at the 2010 census, [ 3 ] up from 1,050 at the 2000 census.
Municipal Courts are the most active courts, with County Courts and District Courts handling most other cases and often sharing the same courthouse. Administration is the responsibility of the Supreme Court of Texas, which is aided by the Texas Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council and the State Bar of Texas, which it oversees.
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Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Colorado.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Colorado County, Jackson County and Matagorda County: William Harris Wharton (1802–1839) and John Austin Wharton (1806–1838), brothers and officers in the Texas Revolution 41,739: 1,090 sq mi (2,823 km 2) Wheeler County: 483: Wheeler: 1876: Bexar County: Royal Tyler Wheeler, the second Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court: 4,804: 914 sq ...