The Grayson County Courthouse in Sherman, Texas was built in 1936 in Moderne style. [1]
The Grayson County Courthouse in Sherman, Texas was built in 1936 in Moderne style. [1]
It was designed by architects Voelcker and Dixon and is built of concrete and limestone. [1]
Grayson County, established in 1846, has had seven courthouses, with three during 1847 to 1853, then successors built in 1853, 1859, 1876, and 1936. [1]
The previous Grayson County Courthouse was burned by a lynch mob on May 9, 1930, killing a black man who had been accused of raping a white woman. [2]
Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 13,455. Its seat is Madisonville. The county was created in 1853 and organized the next year. It is named for James Madison, the fourth President of the United States. Hillary Mercer Crabb. In 1852 he was elected to serve the unexpired term of State Representative F. L. Hatch. Among Crabb's accomplishments as a legislator was the introduction of a bill to create Madison County.
Grayson County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,543. The county seat is Sherman. The county was founded in 1846 and is named after Peter Wagener Grayson, an attorney general of the Republic of Texas. Grayson County is included in the Sherman-Denison metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, combined statistical area. Located on the state's border with Oklahoma, it is part of the Texoma region, with proximity to Lake Texoma and the Red River.
Fannin County is a county in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, its population was 35,662. The county seat is Bonham.
Falls County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 16,968. The county seat is Marlin. It is named for the original 10-foot-tall waterfall on the Brazos River, which existed until the river changed course during a storm in 1866. The present falls is two miles northeast of the original falls, at the Falls on the Brazos Park, a camping site only a few miles out of Marlin on Farm to Market Road 712.
Bryan County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,067. Its county seat is Durant. It is the only county in the United States named for Democratic politician William Jennings Bryan.
Anna is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. Located in Collin County, its population was 16,896 at the 2020 U.S. census.
Trenton is a city in Fannin and Grayson counties, Texas, United States. The population was 635 at the 2010 census.
Collinsville is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,624 at the 2010 census, up from 1,235 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area. Collinsville is located on U.S. Route 377 south of Whitesboro.
Dorchester is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 148 at the 2010 census, up from 109 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Howe is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,451 in the 2020 U.S. Census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area.
Knollwood is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 432 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area.
Pottsboro is a town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,160 at the 2010 census, up from 1,579 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area.
Sadler is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 343 at the 2010 census, down from 404 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Sherman is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and it is part of the Texoma region of North Texas and southern Oklahoma.
Southmayd is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 992 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Groesbeck is a city in and the county seat of Limestone County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,631 at the 2020 census. The community is named after a railroad employee.
Newton is a city in and the county seat of Newton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,633 at the 2020 census.
Van Alstyne is a city in Grayson and Collin Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 3,046 at the 2010 census, up from 2,502 at the 2000 census. The Grayson County portion of Van Alstyne is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Whitewright is a town in Fannin and Grayson Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,604 at the 2010 census, down from 1,740 at the 2000 census.
Preston, also known as Preston Bend, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located on the Red River in Grayson County, Texas, United States. It grew in the 19th century at the intersection of several military and trade roads and was an important crossing on the Shawnee cattle trail. Preston lost prominence after the MK&T railroad bypassed the town to the east, leading to a decline in traveler and cattle drive traffic. Much of its former town site is submerged beneath the waters of Lake Texoma. Its population was 2,096 as of the 2010 census.
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