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Glasscock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,169. [1] Its county seat is Garden City. [2] The county was created in 1827 and later organized in 1869. [3] It is named for George Washington Glasscock, [4] an early settler of the Austin, Texas area and the namesake of Georgetown, Texas.
The Glasscock County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located in Garden City, Glasscock County, Texas. Built in 1909 to 1910 at a cost of $28,000, it was designed by Georgia-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford , who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida , Georgia and Texas .
A court clerk (British English: clerk to the court or clerk of the court / k l ɑːr k /; American English: clerk of the court or clerk of court / k l ɜːr k /) is an officer of the court whose responsibilities include maintaining records of a court and administering oaths to witnesses, jurors, and grand jurors [1] [2] as well as performing some quasi-secretarial duties. [3]
Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...
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.
Districts map. There are fourteen appellate districts each of which encompasses multiple counties and is presided over by a Texas Court of Appeals denominated by number: [19] The counties of Gregg, Rusk, Upshur, and Wood are in the jurisdictions of both the Sixth and Twelfth Courts, while Hunt County is in the jurisdiction of both the Fifth and Sixth Courts.
Buildings and structures in Glasscock County, Texas (1 C, 2 P) E. Education in Glasscock County, Texas (1 C) G. Geography of Glasscock County, Texas (2 C, 1 P) P.
Glasscock may refer to: Glasscock (surname) Glasscock County, Texas, United States; Glasscock County Courthouse in Garden City, Glasscock County, Texas, U.S. Glasscock County Independent School District in Garden City, Texas, U.S. Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies in Houston, Texas, U.S.