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The Present
Floyd County Courthouse
- Floydada, Texas
Date - 1950
Architect - Marvin Stiles
Style - Modern |
The 1950 Floyd
County Courthouse
Old photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
The 1911 Floyd
County Courthouse
Photo circa 1940 courtesy TXDoT |
The bell from
the 1911 Floyd County courthouse on display on the front lawn of the
current courthouse.
- Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2007 |
The plaque reads
as follows:
In memory of the pioneer settlers of Floyd
County upon whose enduring foundations we and those who come after
us build. This bell, which for many years in the old court house tower
rang the passing hours of their lives, is dedicated as a monument,
in the year 1966. |
1936 Centennial
Highway Marker - from Floydada, US
62 South 6 miles
Floyd County
Floyd
County, formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created August
221, 1876. Organized May 28, 1890, Named in honor of Dolphin Ward
Floyd, a captain who died at the Alamo.
County seat, Floyd City, 1890; Floydada,
since 1892.
(1936) |
Historical
Marker on Courthouse Grounds:
Organization
of Floyd County
Floyd
County was created by the Texas Legislature in 1876. The Fort
Worth and Denver City Railway Company began building westward from
Wichita Falls,
resulting in increased settlement of the area. Ranchers T. J. Braidfoot
and J. R. McLain formed a partnership in 1887 to establish a town
they hoped to promote as county seat. Named Della Plain,
it soon boasted homes, businesses, and civic institutions. As more
homesteaders settled northwest of Della Plain, a town named Lockney
was created in 1889. Soon there was rivalry over which town would
be named county seat.
In 1890 M. C. Williams and J. K. Gwynn selected this site for a
town called Floyd City. In an election
held on May 28, 1890, the voters chose Floyd
City as county seat. Officers elected were: Arthur B. Duncan,
County Judge; John C. Hendrix, County Attorney; R. T. Miller, County
and District Clerk; D. W. Jenkins, Sheriff and Tax Collector; E.
E. Keeley, County Treasurer; L. C. Darby, Tax Assessor; W. M. Massie,
Surveyor; and C. F. Ramsey, T. B. Michael, W. R. Vandeveer, and
B. P. Merrell, County Commissioners.
When a post
office was established in September, the name of the town was changed
to Floydada.
(1990)
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