Kent County Texas Historical Commission

02/04/2025

Not sure about the year. This says 1907. Another version of same photo says 1918-1922.

11/13/2022

This World Kindness Day, we remember the charitable deeds the Goodnight's did for the Texas Panhandle. Every Saturday, Mrs. Goodnight would ride in her buggy with a big box of Hershey's chocolate and make sure every child around got a chocolate bar!

Mr. Goodnight said "It has been my aim through life to try to have the world a little better because I lived in it." Do something kind for a stranger today and make the Goodnight's proud!

11/11/2022

I've had so many people ask me to post the veterans' pictures so here they are! Please add information that you know about each one. There will be a Veterans' Day program honoring these men & women at Jayton High School auditorium at 10 AM on Friday, Nov, 10, 2017. Please join us.

08/17/2022

http://genealogytrails.com/tex/panhandle2/kent/obits.html

Some interesting history of our earlier days and notorious citizens.

Free websites for Family researching Texas relatives

08/02/2022

Found this photo of Girard school in a photo album of mom’s (Elwanda O’Keefe Hahn). Not sure of the year.

02/05/2019

Guests at Wednesday's (Feb. 6) historical meeting will include Tracy Jones, an engineer with Abilene TXDOT, and Abilene District Environmental Coordinator, Bobby Burke to discuss future construction plans on Woodson Bridge. If you would like to be part of this conversation, please meet at the community center at 2PM tomorrow.

12/19/2018

Basically there are 3 rooms left inside the old courthouse, all in disrepair.

12/12/2018

12/08/2018

Stefanie Gannon is looking for pictures of the Wilson family & Arnold family from the 1920s. If anyone who grew up around Girard has any, please let her know.

11/19/2018

The members of Kent County Historical Commission will be appointed in January. If you have a love of local history and care about preservation, please let me know if you would like to join our group. We meet monthly and try to have at least one project per year.

11/19/2018

We still have cards available for friends and family coming home for Thanksgiving!