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It is the third building to be Dawson County's jail; the first, built in 1858, was destroyed by fire set by a prisoner in 1865 or 1866. The second jail, with wooden walls and floors, had a "criminal floor" which was noted in 1873 to be "fine", but the "debtor's floor" was "not secure".
Dawson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,456. [1] [2] The county seat is Lamesa. [3] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1905. [4] It is named for Nicholas Mosby Dawson, [5] a soldier of the Texas Revolution.
The law enforcement agency headed by a sheriff is most commonly referred to as the "Sheriff's Office", while some are instead called the "Sheriff's Department." [5] According to the National Sheriffs' Association, an American sheriff's advocacy group, there were 3,081 sheriff's offices as of 2015. [6]
Dawson County is the name of several counties in the United States: Dawson County, Georgia; Dawson County, Montana; Dawson County, Nebraska; Dawson County, Texas
In 1886, the Dawson Eagle changed its name to The Sentinel. [5] The name of the newspaper was finally changed to the Dawson Sentinel in 1898. [6] [1] The first editor of the Dawson Sentinel was C. J. Coghlan. [7] Theodore Christianson, former Governor of Minnesota was the owner, editor, and publisher of the Dawson Sentinel from 1909 to 1925.
The Chestatee Regional Library System was first founded in 1953 as a two-county regional library system serving the communities of Hall and Lumpkin Counties. In 1994, in an effort to mutually expand the resources of their libraries, Dawson County joined with Hall and Lumpkin to make the library system a tri-county consortium.
Dawson Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Welch, Texas . In addition to Dawson County, it includes sections in Lynn County and Terry County. [1] [2] In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [3]
Dawson County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census , the population was 26,798 up from 22,330 in 2010. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] The county seat is Dawsonville .