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Courthouses of San Patricio County

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FM 666, San Patricio, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 27° 57' 6.53799999996", -97° 46' 21.57654"
 
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    Eight structures have served as the seat of local government for the people of San Patricio County since its earliest settlement. A building known as the Log Courthouse was constructed in San Patricio in the early 1830's to serve the people of the San Patricio colony, although the county of San Patricio was not created until 1837. County records reveal that court was held in a new frame courthouse in 1853. Sometime prior to the civil war, construction began on a stone courthouse, but it was never completed due to the unsettled times of the war. Records show that many local residents used stones from the construction site to build chimneys for their homes. In 1872 a new courthouse was completed and housed court for the first time on July 15. Two jury rooms built on the square in 1876 were used as a courthouse after a fire in 1889 destroyed the 1872 building. Following the relocation of the county seat to Sinton in 1894, a new courthouse was built in that city. It was replaced by a new structure in 1927. A replica of the 1872 courthouse, built here on its original site using specifications in commissioners court records, was dedicated in 1986.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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