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Map of Lampasas 1886. From Gaskell's Atlas of the
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Source material trascribed and donated by others - Records

Census Transcriptions 1860 & 1870 including Mortality Schedules
Cemetery Transcriptions 1856-1995
Military Records
Obituaries

Information on where to locate records in Lampasas County - Research

Addresses for Research
How to order Vital Records
Historical Markers
Miscellaneous Newspaper articles
Maps

Pictures of the people and places in Lampasas County - Photos (Updated!)
Queries and Surnames that others are researching - Queries
Help from others with resources or able to search for information - Lookups

About Lampasas County

Facts

County Seat: Burleson;Lampasas
Year Organized: 1856
Parent Counties: Travis, Bell and Coryell Counties
Square Miles: 712
Named for: The Lampasas River.

Neighbors

History

On February 1, 1856, in response to a petition signed by 135 Lampasas County citizens, the Sixth Texas Legislature formed Lampasas County, named after the Lampasas River, from parts of Travis, Bell, and Coryell counties. Burleson, renamed Lampasas, was made the county seat, and the new county was organized on March 10, 1856. Two years later the northeastern corner of Lampasas County became part of Hamilton County. In 1873 an act of the legislature extended the southern boundary of Lampasas County thirty miles into Burnet County, but the next year the boundary was returned to its previous position. In 1887 the new Mills County received northern and northwestern sections of Lampasas County. Subsequently, the county boundaries remained unchanged. More…

Courthouse

The Lampasas County Courthouse is the third oldest in the state still serving its original, intended purpose. This is a courthouse that has seen some hard times, as did its predecessors.

From the time of the fire of 1871 to the construction of a new courthouse in 1883, each county official was forced to locate his office in the most convenient location possible. Thus, various county offices were scattered throughout the town.

By 1882, the necessity for a substantial courthouse had been fully realized, and County Commissioners A.J. Northington, Matthew Roach, N.F. Meeks, and H. Wallace hired W. C. Dodson as architect. The building contractor (Kane Brothers) and the stone contractors (T. Lovell and Company) executed Dodson's plan, completing the building in 1884. More…

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Lampasas TXGenWeb pages originally created: May 6, 1997

Thank you to preveious County Coorinators:
David Stewart, Bob Wood, Mary Ann Hetrick