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Richardson is a city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. [5] As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a total population of 119,469. [6] Richardson is an inner suburb of the city of Dallas.
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Greer County, formed in 1860. Separated from Texas by U.S. Supreme Court ruling in United States v. the State of Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) and is now part of southwestern Oklahoma. Perdido County, formed in 1824 and forgotten during the upheavals of the 1840s. Perdido was reportedly abolished in 1858 and again in 1871.
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]
A woman reacts as she and others are evacuated by boat from their homes by Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies on Friday in Conroe, Texas. (Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via AP) (AP)
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
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King Fisher (1853-1884) Texas rancher and gunfighter born in Collin County; James R. Gough (1860-1916) Texas State Senator born in Collin County; Frank Shelby Groner (1877-1943) Lawyer, pastor, and educator born near Weston; Aubrey Otis Hampton (1900-1955) Radiologist born in Copeville