243 of 254 Roberts County Courthouse, Miami, Texas. County Population: 929
Roberts County, Texas
"Roberts County is in the northwestern Panhandle, bounded on the north by Ochiltree County, on the east by Hemphill County, on the south by Gray County, and on the west by Hutchinson County. Roberts County covers 924 square miles of rolling plains with elevations that range from 2,467 to 3,219 feet above sea level.
"In 1876 Roberts County was carved from Bexar County and the Clay Land District and attached to Wheeler County for judicial purposes. The county was named for two distinguished Texans with the surname Roberts, John S. Roberts and Oran Milo Roberts.
"In 1887 the Southern Kansas Railway built a line from the Oklahoma border into the Panhandle, passing through Roberts County and linking up with Panhandle City the following year. Settlers followed in the wake of the railroad, and the town of Miami was platted out along the railroad in the southeastern part of the county in the summer of 1887.
"The county was organized in January of 1889, and Miami was chosen as the county seat, but the election was declared fraudulent in December, and Parnell was chosen county seat instead. Parnell remained the county seat until 1898, after another election relocated the seat of county government back to Miami.
"Throughout its history Roberts County has remained one of the most sparsely populated counties in the state."
Handbook of Texas Online, Mark Odintz, "Roberts County"
I visited Roberts County and photographed the courthouse in Miami on May 7, 2016.
"In 1876 Roberts County was carved from Bexar County and the Clay Land District and attached to Wheeler County for judicial purposes. The county was named for two distinguished Texans with the surname Roberts, John S. Roberts and Oran Milo Roberts.
"In 1887 the Southern Kansas Railway built a line from the Oklahoma border into the Panhandle, passing through Roberts County and linking up with Panhandle City the following year. Settlers followed in the wake of the railroad, and the town of Miami was platted out along the railroad in the southeastern part of the county in the summer of 1887.
"The county was organized in January of 1889, and Miami was chosen as the county seat, but the election was declared fraudulent in December, and Parnell was chosen county seat instead. Parnell remained the county seat until 1898, after another election relocated the seat of county government back to Miami.
"Throughout its history Roberts County has remained one of the most sparsely populated counties in the state."
Handbook of Texas Online, Mark Odintz, "Roberts County"
I visited Roberts County and photographed the courthouse in Miami on May 7, 2016.
The main street of Miami: Commercial Street, US 60
Roberts County Courthouse 1913
The southeast facade of the courthouse is the primary entrance
The courthouse was fully restored with grants from the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program and rededicated in June 2012
View from the southeast courthouse porch. This is a very small town
Another view of the southeast facade
Miami is located on the south slope of the valley of the Red Deer Creek, a tributary of the Canadian River
The northeast facade
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The northwest facade faces Commercial Street
The southwest facade
The first floor corridor, looking from southeast to northwest
