Texas

Texas became the 28th state on December 29, 1845. Austin is the state capital. There are currently 254 counties each with a courthouse.

 

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Click on a county below to learn more:

Anderson Andrews  Angelina Aransas Archer
Armstrong  Atascosa Austin  Bailey  Bandera
Bastrop  Baylor  Bee Bell  Bexar
Blanco Borden  Bosque Bowie  Brazoria
Brazos Brewster Briscoe Brooks Brown
Burleson  Burnet Caldwell  Calhoun Callahan
Cameron  Camp Carson Cass Castro
Chambers  Cherokee Childress Clay Cochran
Coke Coleman Collin Collingsworth  Colorado
Comal  Comanche  Concho Cooke  Coryell
Cottle  Crane  Crockett  Crosby Culberson
Dallam  Dallas Dawson DeWitt Deaf Smith 
Delta  Denton  Dickens Dimmit Donley
Duval Eastland Ector Edwards  El Paso
Ellis Erath  Falls Fannin Fayette 
Fisher Floyd  Foard Fort Bend Franklin
Freestone  Frio Gaines Galveston Garza
Gillespie  Glasscock Goliad Gonzales Gray
Grayson Gregg  Grimes Guadalupe  Hale 
Hall Hamilton Hansford Hardeman Hardin
Harris  Harrison Hartley Haskell Hays
Hemphill Henderson Hildalgo Hill  Hockley
Hood Hopkins Houston  Howard Hudspeth 
Hunt  Hutchinson Irion Jack  Jackson 
Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jim Hogg Jim Wells
Johnson  Jones  Karnes Kaufman Kendall
Kenedy Kent  Kerr  Kimble  King 
Kinney Kleberg  Knox  La Salle Lamar
Lamb  Lampasas Lavaca  Lee Leon 
Liberty Limestone  Lipscomb  Live Oak Llano
Loving Lubbock Lynn Madison Marion
Martin Mason Matagorda  Maverick McCulloch
McLennan McMullen Medina  Menard Midland 
Milam Mills Mitchell  Montague Montgomery
Moore  Morris Motley  Nacogdoches Navarro 
Newton  Nolan Nueces Ochiltree Oldham
Orange Palo Pinto Panola Parker  Parmer 
Pecos Polk  Potter Presidio Rains
Randall Reagan Real Red River  Reeves 
Refugio Roberts  Robertson Rockwall  Runnels 
Rusk  Sabine San Augustine  San Jacinto San Patrico
San Saba  Schleicher  Scurry Shackelford  Shelby
Sherman Smith Somervell Starr  Stephens 
Sterling  Stonewall  Sutton  Swisher Tarrant 
Taylor Terrell  Terry Throckmorton Titus
Tom Green Travis  Trinity Tyler Upshur 
Upton Uvalde Val Verde Van Zandt  Victoria
Walker Waller  Ward  Washington  Webb
Wharton Wheeler  Wichita Wilbarger  Willacy
Williamson Wilson Winkler Wise Wood
Yoakum Young  Zapata  Zavala

 

Texas Supreme Court  ( Court of Appeals )

 

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 )

 

Highest Point – Guadalupe Peak ( 8,748 feet ) is located in Culberson County

Lowest Point  – Gulf of Mexico ( sea level )

 

Oldest Courthouse still in use - Cass County (1861)

Oldest Former Courthouse - Comanche County (1856)

 

 

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State Capitol – Austin

 

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Governor Mansion – Austin