Mills County, Texas
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Mills County Court House, Goldthwaite, Texas
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Mills county was formed from Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas Counties in 1887.The county was named in honor of John T. Mills, a early Judge, who successively held the judgeship of the Third, Seventh, and Eighth Judicial districts. Mills county Court house is located in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas. According to the Mills County Historical The town was named for Joe G. Goldthwaite, the railroad official who conducted the auction of town lots. In a 1950 issue of the Goldthwaite Eagle, there is a short biography of Grandma Goldthwaite, the Mother of George Goldthwaite who the town was named after. John Cormack won the bid to build the court house in 1889 for the sum of $27,000. The courthouse burned on May 5, 1912 and was rebuilt the following year. Luckily, no county records were lost in the fire. Shirley Runnels sent in this newspaper photo of the First and Second Term Officials of Mills County |
You can contact the Mills County Clerk at the following address or phone number: Mills County Clerk's Office P.O. Box 646 Goldthwaite, TX 76844-0646 Telephone: (325) 648-2711 Need to find a different County Courthouse or County Clerk's Office, then Click here to find the address of any Courthouse within Texas Jennie Trent Dew Library Goldthwaite, Tx. 76844 is now on line, Please note that they are not staffed to do genealogical research, but can help if you know the book, page, etc. or they may be able to refer you to some books to research. However, our neighbor county has "The Comanche County Public Library" which is also on-line, and they have one of the best Genealogy Libraries in the area,
Click on image to make larger  The Star Historical Museum has a new webpage, Click here to visit the virtual Star Historical Museum and get information and directions to
visit the museum in person, or you can e-mail Star Historial Museum
or you can write to them at P.O. Box 356 Star, Texas 76880 325-948-3454, Sundays from 3pm - 5pm. **************** The Texas Historical Commission has recorded this house as a Texas Historic Landmark. You can read the marker inscription here. |
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Mills County Look Up Volunteer's | Texas Researcher AidsUS County Resources at RootsWeb This is for any state including The Texas Resource page. Be sure to check out the Mills County Texas Resource page Surname Resources at RootsWeb Check and see if your surname is listed Mills County Mailing List The Mills County Mailing list is dedicated to the discussion and exchange of information regarding the county history, genealogy and family history research in Mills County, Texas and surrounding counties. (Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, Lampasas and San Saba Counties) Surname queries, information about County records, Towns/Communities (existing or forgotten ), historic sites, places in and around Mills County and Central Texas are all welcome. To subscribe, send a e-mail to [email protected] and write just the single word "subscribe" in the body of the message. That's all. If you want to unsubscribe from a list, click on it and write just the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message |
This List was created for the Mills County TXGenWeb Project use.Mills County TX Cemeteries- |
Surrounding Counties Cemeteries-- Near Mills County and/or have Mills County residents buried there
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Cemetery Burial Records and Tombstone Inscriptions Webmaster: Steve Paul Johnson [[email protected]] |
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Mills County Churches
Here is a listing of the Mills County Churches Originally this information was taken from a page in the
Goldthwaite Eagle newspaper March 16, 1999.However, the information has been updated by personal requests and other sources since that time.
Don't forget to visit the Mills County Historical Commission
The Mills County Historical Commission cordially invites anyone to attend the regular monthly meetings that are held
on the first Tuesday of each month in the Mills County courthouse at 9:30 a.m.
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This page was last updated on: Friday, January 29, 2016
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