FIRST County Seat of Johnson County - Wardville, TX
N 32° 19.370 W 097° 26.969
14S E 645947 N 3577275
The Chisholm Trail Museum in Cleburne stands on the site of Wardville, the first Johnson County Seat. A sign at the gate is one of several indications in the park of Wardville's original status.
Waymark Code: WMJJZE
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2013
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A simple sign stands next to a white Chisholm Trail marker, and the sign says:
Entering Wardville Texas
The First County Seat of Johnson County
And the Chisholm Trail Museum
A Texas Historical Marker stands in front of the original log cabin courthouse, itself the FIRST Johnson County Courthouse:
(1/4 mile south of marker)
First county seat of Johnson County, chosen in Aug. 1855, and located on an 80-acre donation from William O'Neal. Named for Thomas William Ward (1807-72), a Republic of Texas soldier and second Commissioner of General Land Office of Texas. The first courthouse, 16 feet square, was built by O'Neal of logs overlaid with clapboards, at cost of $49.
When Wardville was found to violate Texas Constitution's requirement that a county seat by within 5 miles of center of county, it was abandoned (1856). Ironically, later county line changes made it near the center. (1972)
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1854
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