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Finlay Post Office, Hudspeth County, Texas
Finlay Post Office

Hudspeth is a large county in far west Texas and the county seat is Sierra Blanca in the south central part of the county on I-10. Sierra Blanca and Hudspeth County boast the only adobe courthouse in Texas. The largest community is Fort Hancock in the southwest corner on the Rio Grande. The river is the only reliable source of water.

Hudspeth was created in 1917 from El Paso County, which, in turn, had been created from Bexar County in 1850. It was first called Darlington County, then Turney County, and finally Hudspeth County, named for Claude Benton Hudspeth (1877-1941), a state representative and senator (1902-1918) and United States Representative (1918-1931) from El Paso. The county has become known as a place folks travel through to get to somewhere else.

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Off-Site

Hudspeth Archives
Other TXGenWeb Counties
Portal to Texas History
Query Board
Mexican Border Crossings, ~1903-1955

Publications

Hard Twist: Western Ranch Women, by Barbara Van Cleve
The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858-1861; Paul McComb; 1885

Newspapers

Mountain Eagle, Sierra Blanca (1918-????)
Common Herd, Sierra Blanca 19??-????)
Dell Valley Review, Dell City (1956-1964)
Hudspeth County Herald, Dell City (1964-present)