Winkler County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties W  Winkler County

Quick Dates
Winkler County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse
Winkler County Courthouse PO Box 1007 Kermit, TX 79745-4236 Phone: 915.586.3401 County Clerk has birth records from 1919, death and probate records from 1912, mariage and court records from 1911 and land  records from 1887; District Clerk has divorce records

History
The first post office was established at Hay Flat in 1908.

Parent County
1887--Winkler County was created 26 February 1887 from Tom Green County. County seat: Kermit

It was named for Confederate Col. Clinton M. Winkler

Populated Places
Kermit (named after Theodore Roosevelt's son)

Wink

Monahans (most in Ward County)

Neighboring Counties

 * Andrews
 * Ector
 * Lea County, New Mexico
 * Loving
 * Ward

Cemeteries
Winkler County TXGenWeb - List of Cemeteries in Winkler County along with transcriptions

Census
Winkler County, Texas Cemeteries

Kermit Cemetery – Transcription with grave locations. USGenWeb Archives Project

Maps
Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

Google satellite map of Winkler County

Vital Records

 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 Texas Death Index (FamilySearch Historical Records) Name index to Texas Statewide Death Certificates or four million people who have died since 1964.
 * Texas Death Records 1890 – 1976 [with images] Name index and images of statewide death certificates, 1890-1976. The name index has been created by FamilySearch and is tied to images of the Texas death certificates. Few certificates are available prior to 1903.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Winkler County TXGenWeb site.
 * USGenWeb Winkler County Archives
 * TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.