COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1891

COUNTY NAMED FOR: William Philip King, who died at the Alamo.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Guthrie.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: W. H. Guthrie of Kentucky, one of the leading stockholders in the Louisville Land and Cattle Company, which acquired land around the Guthrie site in 1883.

COURTHOUSES: Three - 1891, 1905, 1914, and 1982.

STANDING: Two -

• 1914 Texas Renaissance courthouse built of concrete and steel. It is now a museum and library.
• 1982 courthouse is a Modern brick structure.