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2. Hemphill County, Texas - Wikipedia

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   Hemphill County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,382. [1] The county seat and only incorporated community in the county is the city of Canadian. [2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1887. [3] It is named for John Hemphill, a judge and Confederate congressman. [4] Hemphill ...

3. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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   Hemphill County: 211: Canadian: 1876: Bexar County: John Hemphill (1803–1862), U.S. Senator and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court 3,189: 910 sq mi (2,357 km 2) Henderson County: 213: Athens: 1846: Houston County and Nacogdoches County: James Pinckney Henderson, the first governor of Texas (1846–1847) 86,158: 874 sq mi (2,264 km 2 ...

4. Texas District Courts - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. List of county courthouses in Texas - Wikipedia

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   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]

6. Texas Courts of Appeals - Wikipedia

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   In Texas, all cases appealed from district and county courts, criminal and civil, go to one of the fifteen (15) intermediate courts of appeals, with one exception: death penalty cases. The latter are taken directly to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the court of last resort for criminal matters in the

7. Judiciary of Texas - Wikipedia

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   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.