Texas became the 28th state on December 29, 1845. Austin is the state capital. There are currently 254 counties each with a courthouse.
Click on a county below to learn more:
A – D
Anderson County / Andrews County / Angelina County / Aransas County / Archer County / Armstrong County / Atascosa County / Austin County / Bailey County / Bandera County / Bastrop County / Baylor County / Bee County / Bell County / Bexar County / Blanco County / Borden County / Bosque County / Bowie County / Brazoria County / Brazos County / Brewster County / Briscoe County / Brooks County / Brown County / Burleson County / Burnet County / Caldwell County / Calhoun County / Callahan County / Cameron County / Camp County / Carson County / Cass County / Castro County / Chambers County / Cherokee County / Childress County / Clay County / Cochran County / Coke County / Coleman County / Collin County / Collingsworth County / Colorado County / Comal County / Comanche County / Concho County / Cooke County / Coryell County / Cottle County / Crane County / Crockett County / Crosby County / Culberson County / Dallam County / Dallas County / Dawson County / De Witt County / Deaf Smith County / Delta County / Denton County / Dickens County / Dimmit County / Donley County / Duval County
E – J
Eastland County / Ector County / Edwards County / El Paso County / Ellis County / Erath County / Falls County / Fannin County / Fayette County / Fisher County / Floyd County / Foard County / Fort Bend County / Franklin County / Freestone County / Frio County / Gaines County / Galveston County / Garza County / Gillespie County / Glasscock County / Goliad County / Gonzales County / Gray County / Grayson County / Gregg County / Grimes County / Guadalupe County / Hale County / Hall County / Hamilton County / Hansford County / Hardeman County / Hardin County / Harris County / Harrison County / Hartley County / Haskell County / Hays County / Hemphill County / Henderson County / Hildalgo County / Hill County / Hockley County / Hood County / Hopkins County / Houston County / Howard County / Hudspeth County / Hunt County / Hutchinson County / Irion County / Jack County / Jackson County / Jasper County / Jeff Davis County / Jefferson County / Jim Hogg County / Jim Wells County / Johnson County / Jones County
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Karnes County / Kaufman County / Kendall County / Kenedy County / Kent County / Kerr County / Kimble County / King County / Kinney County / Kleberg County / Knox County / La Salle County / Lamar County / Lamb County / Lampasas County / Lavaca County / Lee County / Leon County / Liberty County / Limestone County / Lipscomb County / Live Oak County / Llano County / Loving County / Lubbock County / Lynn County / Madison County / Marion County / Martin County / Mason County / Matagorda County / Maverick County / McCulloch County / McLennan County / McMullen County / Medina County / Menard County / Midland County / Milam County / Mills County / Mitchell County / Montague County / Montgomery County / Moore County / Morris County / Motley County / Navarro County / Nacogdoches County / Newton County / Nolan County / Nueces County / Ochiltree County / Oldham County / Orange County / Palo Pinto County / Panola County / Parker County / Parmer County / Pecos County / Polk County / Potter County / Presidio County
R – Z
Rains County / Randall County / Reagan County / Real County / Red River County / Reeves County / Refugio County / Roberts County / Robertson County / Rockwall County / Runnels County / Rusk County / Sabine County / San Augustine County / San Jacinto County / San Patrico County / San Saba County / Schleicher County / Scurry County / Shackelford County / Shelby County / Sherman County / Smith County / Somervell County / Starr County / Stephens County / Sterling County / Stonewall County / Sutton County / Swisher County / Tarrant County / Taylor County / Terrell County / Terry County / Throckmorton County / Titus County / Tom Green County / Travis County / Trinity County / Tyler County / Upshur County / Upton County / Uvalde County / Val Verde County / Van Zandt County / Victoria County / Walker County / Waller County / Ward County / Washington County / Webb County / Wharton County / Wheeler County / Wichita County / Wilbarger County / Willacy County / Williamson County / Wilson County / Winkler County / Wise County / Wood County / Yoakum County / Young County / Zapata County / Zavala County
Texas Supreme Court ( Court of Appeal )
First Court of Appeals – Houston
Second Court of Appeals - Forth Worth
Third Court of Appeals – Austin
Fourth Court of Appeals – San Antonio
Fifth Court of Appeals – Dallas
Sixth Court of Appeals – Texarkana
Seventh Court of Appeals – Amarillio
Eighth Court of Appeals - El Paso
Ninth Court of Appeals – Beaumont
Tenth Court of Appeals – Waco
Eleventh Court of Appeals - Eastland
Twelfth Court of Appeals – Tyler
Thirteenth Court of Appeals - Corpus Christie
Thirteenth Court of Appeals – Edinburg
Fourteenth County of Appeals – Houston
San Antonio ( James Riely Gordon – Architect / Henry T Phelps – Architect )