COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1892

COUNTY NAMED FOR: Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, the commander of the Texas Navy of the Republic of Texas.

COUNTY SEATS: One - Dumas

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: Louis Dumas, president of the Panhandle Townsite Company in Sherman, who purchased railroad survey lands in the Panhandle.

COURTHOUSES: Two - 1893 and 1931

STANDING: 1931 Modern courthouse built of brick and concrete.