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Kent County, Texas. Kent County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 753, [1] making it the sixth-least populous county in Texas. Its county seat is Jayton. [2] The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1892. [3] It is named for Andrew Kent, who died at the Battle of the Alamo ...
1975 NRHP [210] 2001 RTHL [211] 2003–05 restored [212][213] Designed by James Riely Gordon in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. [208] Fisher County Courthouse. Roby, Fisher County. 1972 built [214] Designed in the Modern style by Lovett and Sellar and Associates. [214] Floyd County Courthouse.
Dawson County, formed in 1858 in what is now Kinney County and Uvalde County and abolished in 1866 (not to be confused with the present-day Dawson County). Encinal County, formed in 1856. Abolished in 1899 and annexed to Webb County. Foley County, formed in 1887 from Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County.
The Texas Supreme Court Building. Texas is the only state besides Oklahoma to have a bifurcated appellate system at the highest level. [4] The Texas Supreme Court hears appeals involving civil matters (which include juvenile cases), and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals hears appeals involving criminal matters. [4]
Less than 24 hours after 61-year-old John Daulton was booked into the Kenton County Detention Center in May, he was fatally wounded in an alleged assault by another inmate.. Tonya Jones, Daulton ...
Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...