COUNTY NAMED FOR: Senator
John H. Reagan, the first chairman of the Railroad Commission.
COUNTY SEATS: Two -
Stiles and
Big Lake
COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: A water-filled depression called
Big Lake, a landmark holding the only fresh water between the Concho rivers and Comanche Springs at Fort Stockton.
COURTHOUSES: Three - Stiles 1904, 1911; Big Lake 1927
STANDING: Two -
- Only the exterior stone walls of the 1911 courthouse in Stiles
are still standing.
- 1927 Texas Renaissance courthouse in Big Lake built of brick.