This was our one hundred-eighty-seventh Courthouse in Texas to visit. That means we are at 73.6% of our goal with 26.4% left to go.

Built 1902. Second courthouse for county. American Gothic architecture, planned by Oscar Ruffini, San Angelo. Material is fine stone quarried nearby on Meyer and Couch properties. Cost $30,000.

Early day community social center. Used for cowboy dances, box suppers, Christmas trees, roundup celebrations.

In 1909 arc light was added to steeple, to signal sheriff and guide travelers to town.

Crockett County was named in 1875 in honor of Texas hero and Alamo martyr Davy Crockett. The 13 ft. tall granite monument was erected in the city park in 1939. The town hosts an annual David Crockett Festival in Aug-Sept.