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The Present Floyd
County Courthouse
- Floydada,
TexasDate
- 1950
Architect - Marvin Stiles
Style - Modern |
The
1950 Floyd County Courthouse
Old photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com
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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
milesFloyd CountyFloyd
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)
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Historical
Marker on Courthouse Grounds:Organization
of Floyd CountyFloyd
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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