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Sierra Blanca in Hudspeth County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Hudspeth County Courthouse

 
 
Hudspeth County Courthouse Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, October 21, 2012
1. Hudspeth County Courthouse Marker
Inscription. Hudspeth County created by the 35th legislature and organized September 4, 1917, by the following commissioners appointed by the governor of Texas.
T.D. Love • B Bean • Joe Gardner
J.M. Walling • L.R. Millican
This adobe courthouse constructed May 12, 1919
 
Erected 1962 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 2591.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsSettlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is May 12, 1907.
 
Location. 31° 10.784′ N, 105° 21.453′ W. Marker is in Sierra Blanca, Texas, in Hudspeth County. Marker can be reached from Millican Street, on the right when traveling west. Courthouse is just west of Ranch Road 1111. Marker is at the south entrance of building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 109 Millican Street, Sierra Blanca TX 79851, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fort Quitman (a few steps from this marker); Sierra Blanca Methodist Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); America's Second Transcontinental Railroad (approx. 0.4 miles away); Hudspeth County (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Killing of General J. J. Byrne
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); August Fransal (approx. 0.4 miles away); Claude Hudspeth (approx. 8.4 miles away).
 
Regarding Hudspeth County Courthouse. Only adobe county courthouse in state.
 
Hudspeth County Courthouse Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, October 21, 2012
2. Hudspeth County Courthouse Marker
Hudspeth County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Kirchner, October 21, 2012
3. Hudspeth County Courthouse
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 449 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on June 4, 2018, by Brian Anderson of Humble, Texas. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 31, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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