Robertson County

County Seat: Year Organized: 2000 Population: Square Miles:
Franklin 1837 16,000 855

Four Courthouses:  1837 (Old Franklin), 1850 (Wheelock), 1856 (Owensville) & 1882 (Morgan--today Franklin)

 

Robertson County Courthouse

            Erected in 1882 at a cost of $30,000, this white limestone building is the fourth to serve as Roberson County courthouse.

 

            In 1879 the county seat had been moved.  For the fifth time, to Morgan, on the international & great Northern Railroad.  But because Texas already had a post office named Morgan, the town was renamed Franklin for the first county seat, which was named for pioneer Will Franklin.

 

            Plans for a courthouse were begun that year; and in 1881 the construction was started under F. E. Ruffini, architect.  Since then the building has been remodeled.

(1968)

 

 

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