Sabine County

Sabine County Offices

Sabine County Town List

The region is among the 254 counties of Texas, USA. It lies on the eastern side of the Sabine River, where Sabine County borders Louisiana. The area is 140 miles to the north of Houston. This county’s elevation is between 150 to 350 feet and its center is 93°50′ west longitude and 31°20′ north latitude.

Sabine County covers a land area of 1,494 km², making it the 164th largest county in Texas. The most recent United States Census Data indicates that the region has an estimated population of 10,474 in 2021. This estimate gives the region a -0.32% growth rate from the 10,508 population of  2020.

The county derives its name from the Sabine River, and its county seat is Hemphill city. The area is in the 1^st congressional district.

County topography

Topography is the arrangement of a region’s artificial and natural physical features. The county’s southern region is lightly sloping towards mountainous with loamy grounds and subsoils that are deep, clayey, red in color, and are rich in iron.

The soils of the county’s northern region are sandy, acidic, and loamy. Its subsoils are very deep, reddish, and clayey. The area’s height above the ground is between 150 to 350 feet. Its barometric pressure is 100KPa.

Natural Resources

Sabine County is rich in natural resources. These include glauconite, gas, oil, clay, industrial sand, and ceramic clay.

The county also has six major watercourses across it. Among them are the sandy creeks measuring six miles flowing eastwards towards the Sabine River. On the southwestern edge of the region flows Bear Creek. Others include Housen bayous, Palo Gauche, Patroon, and Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer, the principal source of the county’s freshwater.

Economic Development

The county has a Community Assistance Program (CAP) available to the Sabine River Basin. The program offers competitive grants to leverage or complement water project funds for eligible entities.

Funded projects must be within water quality, conservation,  supply, and wastewater management categories. Grants are primarily up to $ 10,000, but some exceptional cases, such as advanced large-scale infrastructure,  may attract an increase.

If you wish to learn more about this program, you can contact Sabine River Authority, Texas through the mail, P.O. Box 579 77631-0579 Orange TX. You can also call James East (409) 746-2192.

Other economic activities include agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting (4.2% of the population), mining, quarrying, oil, and gas (5.9%), construction (12.3%),  retail trade (8.7%), manufacturing (5.9%), transport and warehousing (6.0%), and wholesale trade (2.4%), among others.

The county’s unemployment rate is 11.0%, almost double that of the U.S. of 6.0%. Even so, the region’s job market has increased 4.3%, and the recent prediction is 31.1% in the coming ten years.

Sabine County Towns

Towns in this county include Bronson, Hemphill, Milan, and Pineland.

Bronson is on the western side of the county. It sits at the junction of the U.S. Highway 96 and State Highway 184, nine miles west of Hemphill. Topeka, Atchison, and Santa Fe Railway serve this part of the county. The unincorporated community derives its name from Samuel Bronson Cooper, while John Henry Kirby was its first settler and developer in 1895.

Hemphill is the county seat of Sabine County. This city is at State Highway 87 and 184, where Toledo Bend Reservoir and the Sabine National Forest surround it. The city hosts the courthouse square in the middle of antique stores, quaint buildings,  and gift shops.

Milan is the county’s largest city covering an area of 86.5 km². The census-generated city is along Sabine River, where Highway 87 and 21 meet. The region covers an area of 2,647 km².

Pineland is the other city of Sabine County, which sits in the U.S. Highway 96, ten miles on the southwestern side of Hemphill.

County Offices

This section looks at the various offices through which the Sabine County government offers its services to its population.

County Judge: The officer in charge in this office is Honorable Daryl Melton. The office is at 201 Main Street. You can contact the office through P.O. Box 716 Hemphill, TX 75948 and   Phone: 409-787-3543. The office has Cookie Cryer as the administrative assistant and can reach the officer through [email protected].

County Attorney: Robert G. Neal, Jr. is the office boss, while Emy Weaver is his assistant. Contact details for this office include P.O. Box 1783 Hemphill, TX 75948, Phone: 409-787-2988,  and Fax: 409-787-3884.

County Clerk: The administrative officer is Jamie Clark. The office address is 280 Main Street Suite 100 Hemphill, TX  75948. You can contact the office through Phone: 409-787-3786 or Fax: 409-220-8353. The office also hosts a court coordinator, Jacee Ebarb (409-787-2889), and has Angie Dorsey, Becky Childers, and Ashley Frazier as deputies.

County Treasurer: Tricia Jacks is the county’s finance administrator, and her deputy is Sandra Spaugh. For any inquiries, contact the office through P.O. Box 597 Hemphill, TX 75948, Phone: 409-787-2210, or  Fax: 409-787-4973.

County Tax Assessor-Collector: Martha M. Stone heads this office. For assistance, reach out to the office through P.O. Box 310 Hemphill, TX 75948, Phone: 409-787-2257, or  Fax: 409-220-8371. The officer has a chief deputy, Debbie Bragg, and four other juniors, including Chanda Pattillo, Andie Dutton, Peggy Sorrells, and Stephanie Watson.

County Constitutional Court: Judge Daryl Melton heads the operations of this office. You can contact the office through P.O. Box 716 Hemphill, TX 75948 or Phone: 409-787-3543. The office also has Jacee Ebarb as the Court Coordinator (409-787-2889).

Constable: This office functions under two officers –  Precinct 1 Constable,  Brad Bradberry (P.O. Box 219 Hemphill, TX 75948, Phone: 409-787-3719, and Fax: 409-787-1691), and Precinct 2 Constable Johnnie Jackson ( P.O. Box 910 Hemphill, TX   75948, Phone: 409-787-5248, and Fax: 409-787-3466).

County Sheriff: The office president is Thomas N. Maddox. For any inquiries, contact him through P.O. Box 848, Hemphill, TX 75948, Phone: 409-787-2266, or  Fax: 409-787-2150.

Justice of the Peace: The office operates under Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace, Judge Roger Gay (P.O. Box 219 Hemphill, TX 75948, Phone: 409-787-3719, Fax: 409-787-3025), and Precinct 2  Justice of the Peace, Judge Henry Alvarado(P.O. Box 910 Hemphill, TX 75948, Phone: 409-787-5248, Fax: 409-787-3466). Chief Justice Court Clerks Martha Nantz and Misti Duffey also work in this office under Precinct 1 & 2, respectively.

County Auditor: Malinda Bryan is the head of this office. You can locate the office at 280 Main Street Hemphill, TX 75948. You can also call him through Phone: 409-787-5226 or Fax: 409-787-4973.