Freestone County Courthouse (Fairfield)

Architect:  W R Kaufman.

Year Built:  1919.

The Freestone County Courthouse is located in Fairfield, Texas. The 1919 courthouse is the Fourth structure to serve the County.

Freestone County was created in 1850 from part of Limestone County and organized in 1851.  Freestone County derives its name from indigenous stone found here.

Freestone County is located ninety miles south of Dallas, Texas and one hundred and fifty miles north of Houston, Texas along Interstate Forty Five.  The altitude range of Freestone County is 608-209 feet above sea level.  The land area of the county totals up to be 885.2 square miles or 566,528 acres.

Fairfield, Texas is the county seat with other principle towns of Teague, Kirvin, Streetman, and Wortham located within the county borders.  The population of Freestone County is 17,000. Freestone County is primarily a livestock county with limited row-crop farming.  Many crops such as wheat, oats, and hay are grown to support livestock industry.