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County Courthouse

Culberson County Courthouse
PO Box 158
Van Horn, TX 79855-0158
Phone: 915.283.2058 

County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, burial, land, probate
military and court records from 1911^[1]

Culberson County has had three courthouses.  The county offices were first located in the Clark Hotel, the only permanent structure in Van Horn when the county was created in 1911.  This temporary courthouse served the county until 1912, when a grand two-story brick courthouse was erected.  The brick courthouse was torn down in the 1960s after the opening of the 1964 courthouse.

Culberson County Courthouse
P. O. Box 158
Van Horn, TX 79855
Culberson County Government Website

History

The first settlers arrived in 1882.

Parent County

1911--Culberson County was created 10 March 1911 from El Paso County.
County seat: Van Horn ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Kent | Pine Springs | Van Horn

Ghost Towns

Grisham Pumping Station | Levinson | Lobo | Old Christian Place | Ort | Pezuna del Caballo

Neighboring Counties

• Eddy County, New Mexico
• Hudspeth
• Jeff Davis
• Otero County, New Mexico
• Reeves

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Churches in Van Horn, Texas

• Assembly of God Church
  605 La Caverna, P.O. Box 579
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-2736
• Church of Christ
  Maple Street, P.O. Box 26
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-2163
• First Baptist Church
  2nd & Houston, P.O. Box 777
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-2010  website
• First United Methodist Church
  206 W. 4th, P.O. Box 67
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-2181
• Freeway Church of Christ
  607 Desert, P.O. Box 25
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-2925
• Highway 54 Church of Christ
  Highway 54 & 6th Street, P.O. Box 733
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-9016
• Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church
  P.O. Box 398
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-2042
• Primera Iglesia Bautista
  W. 2nd & Crockett, P.O. Box 1417
  Van Horn, TX 79855, (432) 283-2850
• Seventh Day Adventist Church
  West Desert & Elm
  Van Horn, TX 79855

Court

Land

Local Histories

• History of Van Horn and Culberson County, 1973, by Rosa Lee Wylie.
  
• Culberson County History from the Handbook of Texas Online.
• Historic Photographs of Culberson County from the Clark Hotel Museum and the Portal to Texas History.
• Culberson County Pioneers from the Culberson County TXGenWeb site

Maps

• El Paso County, 1881 (shows the portion that later became Culberson County), from the Culberson County TXGenWeb site
  
• El Paso County, 1900 (shows the portion that later became Culberson County), from the Culberson County TXGenWeb site

Military

Newspapers

VanHorn Advocate Newspaper

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1900 Census for Van Horn for Culberson County TXGenWeb site.
• Texas Death Index 1964 to 1998 Texas, Death Index, 1964-1998 (FamilySearch Historical Records) 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

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Culberson County TXGenWeb site. History, vital records and other information.
• Lobo, Texas website
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Culberson County, Texas. Page 662 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).