Johnson County Sheriff's Office (Texas)

Johnson County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency located in Johnson County, Texas. The current sheriff is Adam King. [1] The agency also operates the Johnson County Jail in Cleburne. An earlier jailhouse was constructed in 1938 and designed by W. G. Clarkson & Company. The building is currently unused.[2]

Cleburne Police Car

History

The first elected sheriff was Missouri native Abraham Onstott in 1854.[3][4]

References
  1. "Facility Directory Table List | Johnson County, TX". www.johnsoncountytx.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  2. "Johnson County Jail (former) - Cleburne TX". Living New Deal. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  3. Mims, Mollie Gallop Bradbury (2013). Johnson County. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-3070-7.
  4. Paddock, Buckley B. (1922). History of Texas: Fort Worth and the Texas Northwest Edition. Lewis publishing Company.
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