250 of 254 Hutchinson County Courthouse, Stinnett, Texas. County Population: 22,150

"Hutchinson County, in the north central section of the Panhandle, is bounded on the north by Hansford County, on the east by Roberts County, on the south by Carson County, and on the West by Moore County. It comprises 871 square miles of plains and broken terrain; altitudes range from 2,750 to 3,400 feet above sea level. The Canadian River, fed by several small creeks, angles across the county from southwest to northeast; in the southwest it is dammed to form Lake Meredith. Broken land along the river and its tributaries forms fertile valleys. The northern part of the county is high rolling plain.
"In 1876 Hutchinson County was established. The county was named for pioneer jurist Anderson Hutchinson. After its boundaries were established, Hutchinson County was attached for administrative purposes to Wheeler County and then to Carson County. In the spring of 1901 a movement was begun for its organization. Elections were held on April 25, and on May 13 the county was officially organized with the riverside town of Plemons as its seat of government. After a special election on September 18, 1926, Stinnett took over as county seat, thus causing the demise of Plemons.
"Since the 1920's petroleum has been the chief industry; the southern part of Hutchinson County is the center of oil, gas, petrochemical, and synthetic-rubber production in the Panhandle. In the county is one of the world's largest pump stations for natural gas, which supplies metropolitan areas west to Denver and east to Indianapolis. "
Handbook of Texas Online, H. Allen Anderson, "Hutchinson County"
"In 1876 Hutchinson County was established. The county was named for pioneer jurist Anderson Hutchinson. After its boundaries were established, Hutchinson County was attached for administrative purposes to Wheeler County and then to Carson County. In the spring of 1901 a movement was begun for its organization. Elections were held on April 25, and on May 13 the county was officially organized with the riverside town of Plemons as its seat of government. After a special election on September 18, 1926, Stinnett took over as county seat, thus causing the demise of Plemons.
"Since the 1920's petroleum has been the chief industry; the southern part of Hutchinson County is the center of oil, gas, petrochemical, and synthetic-rubber production in the Panhandle. In the county is one of the world's largest pump stations for natural gas, which supplies metropolitan areas west to Denver and east to Indianapolis. "
Handbook of Texas Online, H. Allen Anderson, "Hutchinson County"
I visited Hutchinson County and photographed the courthouse in Stinnett on May 8, 2016.