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The 1886 Leon County Courthouse was designed by architect George Edwin Dickey of Houston, incorporating remnants of an earlier 1858 courthouse that was destroyed by fire. The courthouse was rededicated on July 1, 2007, following a full restoration to a 1909 date.
Location of Leon County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Leon County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Leon County, Texas. There is one property listed on the National Register in the county.
When the H&TC was being built through this region, railroad officials placed a town every eight miles. A small community, known as Rogers Prairie, existed two miles east of where the railroad line was built. Norman G. Kittrell was the county judge of Leon County at the time. The railroad named the new town after Judge Kittrell. [5]
Centerville is a city in Leon County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 905 at the 2020 census. [3] It is the county seat of Leon County. [5] Centerville was so named as it is near the geographic center of Leon County.
Jewett is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States. The population was 793 at the 2020 census . It was laid out in 1871 by the International Railroad Company.
It is owned by the Texas Historical Commission and is managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife, as the Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site. [10] [9] The Levi Jordan Plantation Historical Society, a local advocacy group and 501(c)3 organization, was created in 1993, [11] and its membership includes site descendants and other community members ...
This is a list of slave traders operating within the present-day boundaries of Texas before 1865, including the eras of Spanish Texas (before 1821), Mexican Texas (1821–1836), the Republic of Texas (1836–1846), and antebellum U.S. and Confederate Texas (1846–1865). Tom Banks, Richmond and Texas [1] Daniel Berry, Tennessee and Texas [2]
Hilltop Lakes is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Leon County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census , the population was 1,101. [ 3 ]