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| Ward County is on the southwestern edge of the High Plains
region of southwest Texas. The center of the county is at 31°32' north latitude and 103°07' west longitude,
near the community of Pyote. Monahans, the county seat, is in the northeastern corner of Ward County at the intersection
of Interstate Highway 20 and Farm Road 18, thirty-three miles southwest of Odessa on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
The area was named for Thomas W. Ward. Ward County covers 539,460 acres, or 836 square miles, of generally level
land; elevations range from 2,400 to 2,800 feet above sea level. Large areas in north Ward County are composed
of active, windblown sand dunes, subject to wind erosion and sediment transport.
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The first courthouse built in ward county was erected in Barstow
the first county seat.
A Three-story red sandstone
courthouse with a domed cupola was constructed there in 1893, one year after Barstow was elected the County seat.
The first elected officials to serve in the courthouse were R. D. Gage, Co. Judge; S. D. McWhorter, Co. & Dist.
Clerk; W. M. Ware, Sheriff & Tax Collector; John W. Phillips, Co. Attorney: S. H. Parker, Tax Assessor: J.
B. Carson, Surveyor; J. J. Walker, Treas.; Pat Wheat, Comm. No. 1; W. C. Carson, Comm. No. 2; Pat Duarte, Comm.
No. 3; and A. D. Irvin, Comm. No. 4. The landmark was razed soon after the county seat moved to Monahans in 1938.
All that remains is a cornerstone.
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LINKS TO PLACES IN WARD COUNTY : MILLION BARREL MUSEUM WARD COUNTY LIBRARY
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