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Moore County Courthouse Dumas, Texas |
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![]() Photo Robert Deering 4/3/2005 |
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Completed - 1931
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1892 COUNTY NAMED FOR: Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, the commander of the Texas Navy of the Republic of Texas. COUNTY SEATS: One - Dumas COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Louis Dumas, president of the Panhandle Townsite Company in Sherman, who purchased railroad survey lands in the Panhandle. COURTHOUSES: Two - 1893 and 1931 STANDING: 1931 Moderne courthouse built of brick and concrete. LNKS: Moore County |