Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Kaufman County Judge Floyd Shumpert, Texas Governor Price Daniel and Arthur H. Boyd at the Vetch Festival 1958

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Forney High School Class of 1905

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Fishing

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

100 Year Old Cabin moved overland

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Forney Public School, built 1903

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

J. A. Robertson Store circa 1909

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

John Alexander Crawford, Crandall circa 1914

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Bois D’Arc Street, Forney circa 1900

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Kaufman County has miles and miles of fence

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Early day travel

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Texas and Pacific Depot, Forney

Kaufman County had three County Seats..... .....and even more Courthouses!

Scurry Post Office

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From April, 1848, to August, 1850, the GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER of the county was the “official county seat.” After the boundaries of the county were changed, the new “center” of the county was the county seat from August, 1850, to March, 1851. The TOWN of KAUFMAN has been the county seat from March,

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