The county was named after Warren D.C. Hall who served as Secretary of War while Texas was a Republic. He was a lawyer from North Carolina before coming to Texas.
A timeline of significant events in Memphis' history
1889: land bought along the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway
1890: townsite platted - yet names were rejected by postal authorities until September of that year
1891: Memphis wins contested election for county seat against towns of Salisbury and Lakeview
1891: depot built after Memphians kept putting soap on rails to stop trains
1892: courthouse constructed
1901: Memphis gets telephone service
1906: town is incorporated
1912: Memphis gets their own Carnegie Library
1923: New courthouse built
1926: 50 miles of streets are paved with brick
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