Donley County Courthouse

Clarendon, Texas

COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1876

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Stockton P. Donley, attorney and early Texas Supreme Court Justice.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Clarendon.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Rev. Lewis Henry Carhart, a Methodist minister, promoted the colonization of the town through a partnership with his brother-in-law, Alfred Sully, of New York. Although tradition maintains that Clarendon was named in honor of Carhart's wife, Clara, it has also been argued that the name was borrowed from Clarendon, England, to compliment British backers.

COURTHOUSES: One - 1894

STANDING: One - 1894 Romanesque Revival courthouse built of brick and stone.

LINKS: Donley County