Fisher County CourthouseCounty Seat: RobyCounty Population: 4,096

The Fisher County Courthouse was built of brick in a Moderne style as designed by Lovett and Sellar and Associates of San Angelo. Completed in 1973, the county capitol came with a price tag of $357,000.
Fisher County, organized in 1886, honors Samuel Rhoads Fisher, secretary of the Navy of the Republic, while the county seat of Roby is named for local landowners.
Until 1886, the county conducted business in a storeroom adjoining the home of V.H. Anderson. The county passed a $7,000 bond issue to finance the county’s first courthouse; however commissioners were reluctant to spend the full amount due to drought conditions, and authorized only $6,000. Historian June Rayfield Welch, author of “The Texas Courthouse Revisited,” writes: “With the balance the judge bought grain for seed which was then sold to farmers at cost.” A two-story frame capitol was constructed, which was later replaced in 1910. High winds prompted the county to remove the tower and clock from this temple of justice. Some two decades later, the third and final courthouse was erected.
Fisher County is a part of Central West Texas known as the Rolling Plains and is located 50 miles to the southeast of the High Plains or the Cap Rock.
The area boasts its fair share of rich history from the first recorded Spanish Expedition that crossed Fisher County in 1541 to present day. Its broad prairies of grass, broken by occasional streams and canyons, made it a good country for pioneers. Farmers also descended on the area, prompting the establishment of Roby and Rotan, as well as numerous other communities.
Today Fisher County is largely diversified in agriculture and natural resources. Predominate agricultural commodities include cotton, cattle and wheat. Hunting opportunities involve whitetail deer, mule deer, bobwhite quail, Rio Grande turkey, mourning and whitewing dove and feral hogs.
The county is also known as the Quail Hunting Capital of Texas. The Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch located in Roby on U.S. 180 was acquired by The Conservation Fund in October 2006. The ranch will be used as a research and demonstration facility to foster the understanding and management of bobwhite and scaled quail in West Texas. The ranch will become a forum for information exchange among land managers, hunters, and rural economies interested in sustaining quail hunting in Texas.
The vegetation in Fisher County is fairly typical of the Rolling Prairies, featuring medium-height to tall grasses, mesquite, and cacti, with cedar, cottonwood and pecan trees growing along streams. Species of wildflowers