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The
1949 Yoakum County Courthouses
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine, August 2005 |
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An
old photo of the 1949 Yoakum County Courthouses
Photo courtesy THC |
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County has had three courthouses: 1908, 1926 and the present 1949
courthouse. |
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The
1926 former Yoakum County Courthouse.
This building is not in use today.
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine, August 2005 |
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The
1926 Yoakum County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
1939 photo courtesy TXDoT |
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Oil painting
of the 1908 Yoakum County courthouse hanging in the county auditor's
office of the current courthouse.
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, February 2007 |
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Yoakum
County marker
Photo courtesy Ken Rudine, August 2005 |
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Yoakum County History
"Yoakum County (C-8) is in western Texas on the southern High
Plains, along the New Mexico border. The center of the county is at
32°10' north latitude and 102°50' west longitude. ... The area was
named for Henderson King Yoakum. Yoakum County covers 800 square miles
of nearly level terrain composed of sandy soils that support prairie
grasses and some mesquite, yucca, shinnery oak, and sandsage. Elevations
range from 3,400 to 3,900 feet above sea level. The area is drained
by Sulphur Springs Draw, which runs through the center of the county...."
See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/YY/hcy1.html
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