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Runnels County Courthouse Ballinger, Texas |
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 Photo: Robert Deering 6/13/2004 |
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Completed - 1889
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Runnels County Courthouse Ballinger, Texas |
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Completed - 1889
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1880 COUNTY NAMED FOR: Hiram G. Runnels, an ex-governor of Mississippi and a Texas state legislator. COUNTY SEATS: Two - Runnels City and Ballinger COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: William Pitt Ballinger, a Galveston attorney and stockholder of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad. COURTHOUSES: Two - Runnels City 1880; Ballinger 1889 STANDING: One - 1889 Second Empire courthouse built of stone. The towers and Mansard roof were removed in a 1941 remodeling project. LINKS: Runnels County |
