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County Courthouse

Runnels County Courthouse
613 Hutchings Avenue
Ballinger, TX 76821
Phone: 325-365-2633

County Clerk - Elesa Ocker
First floor of Courhouse - Room 106
Box 189
Ballinger, TX 76821
Phone: 325-365-2720
Fax: 325-365-3408

Runnels County Government Website

Runnels County Courthouse
PO Box 189
Ballinger, Texas 76821
Phone: 915.365.2720

County Clerk has birth, death and court records from 1903,
marriage, probate and land records from 1880, military
discharge records from 1918 and school census records
1925-1970; District Clerk has divorce records^[1]

History

The first white settler arrived in 1862.

Parent County

1858--Runnels County was created 1 February 1858 from Bexar Land District and Travis County. County seat: Ballinger ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Runnels County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Ballinger | Miles | Norton | Rowena | Wingate | Winters

Neighboring Counties

• Coke
• Coleman
• Concho
• Nolan
• Taylor
• Tom Green

Resources

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Runnels County  ~  transcriptions of local cemeteries  -  Runnels County TXGenWeb
• Maps to Runnels County Cemeteries
• Tombstone Transcription Project ~ Partial transcription of cemetery tombstones ~ USGenWeb
• Texas Historic Cemeteries ~ Partial indexes to historic cemeteries
• African American Cemeteries Online ~ Partial index/transcriptions of African American cemeteries
• Texas Escapes Listing of Texas cemeteries with transcriptions and lots of pictures.

Census

• 1880 Census Index  ~  TXGenWeb Census Project
• 1900 Census Index  ~   TXGenWeb Census Project
• TXGenWeb Census Project
  
  

Church

• Texas Christian Church Directory ~ ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in Texas

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Texas Museums  ~  List of all museums in Texas  ~  Hidden Ancestors

Maps

• Historical Maps  ~  From the Republic to the Turn of the Century  ~  Hidden Ancestors
• Texas Counties Map. Click on the county to go to the Texas Genweb site

Military

• Soldiers of WWII  ~  Runnels County TXGenWeb
• Military Resources ~ Links to research Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Fallen Heroes  ~  Partial Index of casualties from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Honoring Our Veterans ~ Partial index of veterans from Civil War to Operation Enduring Freedom ~ Hidden Ancestors

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has digitized Abilene newspapers that may include residents from Runnels County.
• Wikipedia has a list of online newspaper archives for Texas.
• Home Town News  -  Texas Newspaper Index with links
• Newslink  -  Texas Newspaper List (sorted by publication frequency)
• The Olden Times   -   Historic Texas News Online

Obituaries

• Obituary Resources ~ Links to research and locate obituaries ~  Hidden Ancestors
• USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project  ~  Texas
• Afrigeneas ~ African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Depot  ~  Texas Newspaper Citations
• Obituary Project ~ Hidden Ancestors
• Obituary Daily Times  ~  Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function

Probate

• Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records  ~  Ancestry.com  (subscription)

Taxation

Timeline

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.
• Texas Marriage Records  1966 - 2005  ~  Hidden Ancestors
• Texas Divorce Records  1968 - 2005   ~  Hidden Ancestors
• USGenWeb Census Project ~ Texas  1850 - 1930

Societies and Libraries

Carnegie Library Of Ballinger
204 N 8th St
Ballinger, TX 76821
Phone: (325) 365-3616
Website

Winters Public Library
120 N Main St
Winters, TX 79567
Phone: (325) 754-4251
Website

Society Hill  ~  Links and addresses to Texas genealogical and historical societies

Web Sites

• Runnels County TXGenWeb
• TXGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the county.
• Hidden Ancestors  Information on Texas genealogy research as well as genealogy research in general.
• USGenWeb Texas Archives Vital statistics, maps, obituaries, Bible records, tombstone transcriptions and many other records.

Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Runnels County, Texas. Page 672 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).