Site of the First Lamb County Courthouse
Created in 1876, Lamb County was unorganized until it could muster 21 qualified voters, 1908. Citizens donated labor for first 9-room frame courthouse, which served until it burned in 1922. First county officials were: judge, H. R. Miller; commissioners, J. A. Hooper (Precinct No. 1), Claude E. Halsell (No. 2), G. M. Arnett (No. 3), Walter Sullivan (No. 4); sheriff, Herb Dickenson; clerk, George Gallaway; treasurer, Fred Schreier; assessor, Luther Williams. A new courthouse of brick and concrete was built here, 1922-23. After a 1946 election, the county seat was removed to Littlefield. (1972)
34.1810° N, 102.1348° W
Where to Find It
SE corner Main St. (FM 168) and 8th St.
Nearby Markers
- 0.1 mi N Olton's Union Church Bell Olton
- 0.6 mi W First Baptist Church of Olton Olton
- 0.9 mi NE Lamb County Olton
- 10.5 mi E Halfway Plainview
- 10.5 mi W Lamb County Sand Hills Springlake
- 11.8 mi SW One of the Trails of Col. Ranald S. MacKenzie Fieldton