Hopkins County TXGenWeb

Hopkins County TXGenWeb

A History & Genealogy Website

Submitted by June England Tuck
Second Courthouse in Hopkins County, Texas
Completed in February 1882
Burned February 11, 1894

Eldridge Hopkins, whose family had been honored in the naming of the county, gave land for the town site of Tarrant. The earliest public business was conducted in the open air because there was no building for official use. A log cabin was soon erected for temporary courthouse, which had to be used for the ensuing five years, as financial arrangements could not be made for a permanent building. It appears likely that the credit extended for town improvements was slow to bring in revenue. More......

Other Links

Hopkins County Genealogical Society - This is a good site to send requests for information to as a volunteer will always answer back with something. Send an email with your request to Hopkins County Genealogical Society

Hopkins County Web Page at Hopkins County Texas
Create a Family Tree at Family Link.com
The Portal of Texas History Hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries

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My name is Helen Bassett. I am the County Coordinator for Hopkins County. Although I do not live in Hopkins County, I will provide as much information as I can on these pages. If you would like to contribute information about Hopkins County and its people, please send an email to Helen Bassett.

Information submitted is very much appreciated.

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Helen Bassett

A special thank you to Elaine Martin and Sharon Pierce for their time as Co-CC's of Hopkins County.
Sharon has retired, and will be greatly missed. She gave countless hours gathering information, typing,
answering queries, and doing anything she could to help make the Hopkins County TXGenWeb site as
informative and helpful to the researchers as is possible.

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