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The first courthouse at the county seat of George West was built in 1888. [1] The current courthouse in George West was designed by architect Alfred Giles in 1919 in the Classical revival style. This is the last courthouse Giles designed. [2] A town square three blocks from the railroad depot was planned in 1914 for the construction of the ...
Hale County Courthouse: Plainview, Hale County: 1910 built [278] 1982 NRHP [279] Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by H. A. Overbeck and Byrne and Johnson. [278] Hall County Courthouse: Memphis, Hall County: 1923 built 2008 RTHL [280] Hamilton County Courthouse: Hamilton, Hamilton County: 1886 built 1967 RTHL [281] Hansford County Courthouse ...
Live Oak County voted predominantly Democratic at the presidential level during the first half of the 20th century. Native son Dwight D. Eisenhower ’s 1952 win was an exception. Jimmy Carter in 1976, however, was the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the county, with Republicans winning since 1980.
Hale County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 32,522. [1] Its county seat is Plainview. [2] The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1888. [3] It is named for Lt. John C. Hale, [4] a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto. Hale County comprises the Plainview, Texas micropolitan ...
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 ...
Stockton P. Donley, a frontier lawyer and Texas Supreme Court justice 3,214: 930 sq mi (2,409 km 2) Duval County: 131: San Diego: 1858: Live Oak County, Nueces County and Starr County: Burr Harrison DuVal (1809–1836), a soldier in the Texas Revolution who died in the Goliad Massacre: 9,604: 1,793 sq mi (4,644 km 2) Eastland County: 133 ...
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.