Estacado became a town of much importance. As it was the central
town in a region comprising more than one-fifth of Texas, it was
recognized for twelve memorable years as the center of culture.
A nice-sized town of five or six hundred people. Al the thinly
populated counties died to it had to come to Estacado for court.
In 1888, a courthouse was built. Previous to that time court had
been held in dugouts or any shack that could be found available.
Article from Texas Day-By-Day Emma loses out to Crosbyton as
county seat On this day in 1910, Crosbyton defeated Emma in an
election to determine the Crosby County seat by a vote of 198 to
120. The once prosperous town of Emma traces its origins to the
fall of 1890, when R. L. Stringfellow and H. E. Hume, owners of
a general store in Estacado, purchased a section of land in the
central part of the county. In 1890 a post office opened, and in
1891 Stringfellow and Hume laid out a town on this site and
named it Emma, after the woman that one of them later married.
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