Collingsworth County, Texas Records
Collingsworth County, Texas (Map It) was created on August 21, 1876 from the Young Territory . This county was named for James Collinsworth, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first chief justice of the Republic of Texas .
Collingsworth County is bordered by Wheeler County (north), Beckham County, Oklahoma (northeast), Harmon County, Oklahoma (southeast), Childress County (south), Hall County (southwest), Donley County (west).
Collingsworth County Cities and Towns include Dodson, Quail, Samnorwood, Wellington..
A Map of Collingsworth County, Texas contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
Collingsworth County, Texas Courthouse Records
Collingsworth County, TX Courthouse
The Collingsworth County Courthouse is located in Wellington, Texas. Learn More About State of Texas Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.
The following dates indicate what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Collingsworth county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.
Some early records  prior to organization on September 30, 1890 may be located in Clay County, Wheeler County and Childress County
- Collingsworth County Clerk has Birth & Death Records from 1903, Marriage Records from 1890, Land Records from 1890, Probate Records from 1890 and Court Records from 1891. The County Clerk's office is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
- Collingsworth County Tax Assessor-Collector Office is responsible for the the assessment of taxes on each property in the county and collection of that tax
Collingsworth County, Texas Census Records
- Learn More: State of Texas Census Records
- U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- Texas Census Substitute Records: 1820-1890
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1880
- Union Veterans Schedules: 1890
Collingsworth County, Texas Vital Records
- Learn More: State of Texas Vital Records
- Birth and Death Records: from 1903Â to present.
- Marriage Records: available from the County Clerk
- Divorce Records: available from the Clerk of District Court
- Locations:Â Texas Department of State Health Services
- Vital Records Online:Â USAVital or Social Security Death Index
- Vital Records by Mail:Â Birth and Death Certificate Applications.
- In Person:Â Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756; (888) 963-7111 or (512) 458-7111
Collingsworth County, Texas Resources
Collingsworth County, Texas External Links
- Texas Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
- Historical Newspapers from Texas (1813 - 1993)
- Collingsworth County, Texas Books - Amazon
- Collingsworth Co., Texas - FindaGrave
- Texas, Gonzalez de la Garza Genealogy Collection
- A History of Collingsworth County and other stories
- Collingsworth Co., Texas Almanac
- Texas county histories : a bibliography
- Collingsworth County History
- Collingsworth County, Texas Links - Cyndi's List
- Collingsworth Co. TXGenweb
- Collingsworth County, Texas Ancestry Database Collections
- Texas General Land Office Map Collection
- Collingsworth County, Texas Military Records
