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Historic Photos of Plains, Yoakum County, TX
Plains - The County Seat
Photos courtesy of
Yoakum County Historical Commission ©
2004
Plains was named by its founder
W.
J. Luna for the broad open plains of this
West Texas land. Soon after its founding, settlers came and businesses
were opened.
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1906 - People came to the small town of Plains and the population began
to grow |
1908 - Soon homes were added and those newfangled automobiles arrived. |
Courthouses
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In 1908 a courthouse was built.
Plains was now the County Seat of Yoakum County |
40 years later a new Courthouse was built.
(photo by Shirley Webb) |
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1969 - County Commissioners for Yoakum County
Back: Charlie Gillis, auditor; Raymond Bookout, Pct 3;
H.C. (Doc) Cotton, Pct 2;
Front: Johnnie Fitzgerald, Pct 4; Gene Bennet, Co. Judge;
Vance Brown, Pct 1.
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1955 - County Attorney P. G. Sanford |