Hutchinson County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties H  Hutchinson County

County Courthouse
Hutchinson County has had two county seats Plemons, 1901-1926, and Stinnett, 1926-present.

Hutchinson County Courthouse County Clerk, Jan Barnes 500 Main P.O. Box 1186 Stinnett, Texas 79083-1186 County Government Website

Parent County
1876--Hutchinson County was created 21 August 1876 from Bexar Land District. County seat: Stinnett

Populated Places
Borger | Dial | Fritch (partly in Moore County) | Phillips | Pringle | Sanford | Stinnett

Neighboring Counties

 * Carson
 * Gray
 * Hansford
 * Moore
 * Ochiltree
 * Potter
 * Roberts
 * Sherman

Local Histories

 * History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 years, 1876-1980, by the Hutchinson County Historical Commission, history book featuring local history, photographs, illustrations, and biographies. Read the book on line at The Portal to Texas History.
 * Memory Cups of Panhandle Pioneers,1945, by Millie Jones Porter.
 * The Texas Panhandle Frontier, 1973 by Frederick W. Rathjen.
 * Cowman's Country: Fifty Frontier Ranches in the Texas Panhandle, 1876–1887, 1981, by Pauline D. and R. L. Robertson.

Maps

 * Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the TXGenWeb site.

Vital Records

 * Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 [no images] 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.

Web Sites

 * TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county