Texas County Progress
The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
County Judge: Susan M. Redford Count Commissioners: Precinct 1: Freddie Gardner Precinct 2: Greg Simmons Precinct 3: Dale Childers Precinct 4: Armando Rodriguez The Ector County Courthouse was built in 1964 and constructed around its 1938 predecessor. The earlier temple of justice fashioned of stone was designed by Elmer Withers, while the standing concrete … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Ector County Courthouse
Located across from the main square, the Hopkins County Courthouse boasts a Romanesque Revival style as designed by J. Riely Gordon. Completed in 1895, this National Register Property is fashioned of granite and sandstone and was restored in 2003. Hopkins County was carved out of Lamar and Nacogdoches counties in 1846 by the first Texas Legislature. The inaugural … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Hopkins County Courthouse
County Judge: Richard H. Dolgener County Commissioners: Barney Fowler Brad Young Hiram Hubert Jim Waldrop The Andrews County Courthouse was built in 1939 in a Moderne style as designed by W.T. Strange. Organized in 1910, Andrews County was named for Richard Andrews, the first man to die in the Texas Revolution, killed in 1835 in the Battle of … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Andrews County
County Seat: Rio Grande City • County Population: 60,968 (2010 U.S. Census) County Judge: Eloy Vera County Commissioners: Abel Cantu Raul Pena Jr. Eloy Garza Ruben D. Saenz The Starr County Courthouse was built in 1939 in a Moderne style as designed by Stanley Bliss. The inaugural county capitol was a two-story warehouse erected on Water Street in 1854. … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Starr County Courthouse
County Seat: Lipscomb • County Population: 3,302 (2010 U.S. Census) County Judge: Willis V. Smith County Commisioners: Precinct 1: Juan Cantu Precinct 2: Stan Born Precinct 3: Scotty Schilling Precinct 4: Phil Ridgway The Lipscomb County Courthouse was completed in 1916 in a Classical Revival style complete with portico and Doric columns, as designed by … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Lipscomb County Courthouse
