Limestone County, Texas Genealogy

United States Texas  Counties L  Limestone County

Adopted by TXGenWeb Limestone County

Cheryl Burks

County Courthouse
Limestone County Courthouse 200 W State Street PO Box 350 Groesbeck, TX 76642 Phone: 254.729.5504 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903, marriage records from 1873, probate records from 1880’s, land records from late 1800’s, court records from 1900’s and military records from 1920’s; Distric Clerk has divorce records

Parent County
1846--Limestone County was created 11 April 1846 from Robertson County. County seat: Springfield 1846-1873; Groesbeck 1873-present.

Record Loss
1873--Limestone County Courthouse at Springfield and most county records were destroyed by fire in October 1873.

1891--Limestone County Courthouse at Groesbeck destroyed by fire on February 1, 1891. Records were stored in vaults and were not lost.

1954--The Old Limestone County Courthouse, built in 1891, was destroyed by fire in May 1954. It had not been used as a courthouse since 1924, when the current courthouse was built.

Populated Places
Cities and Towns: Groesbeck | Mexia | | Fair Oaks |  |  | Thornton

Neighboring Counties

 * Falls
 * Freestone
 * Hill
 * Leon
 * McLennan
 * Navarro
 * Robertson

Cemeteries
Cemetery Index from TXGenWeb Limestone Co., TX

Rootsweb.ancestry cemetery project.

Gloria B. Mayfield Cemetery Project for Limestone County, Texas

Local Histories

 * A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1883. Digital book on line from the Portal to Texas History.

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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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