Details for Original Culberson County Jail
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5109007932
Data
| Marker Number | 7932 |
| Atlas Number | 5109007932 |
| Marker Title | Original Culberson County Jail |
| Index Entry | Culberson County Jail |
| Address | |
| City | Van Horn |
| County | Culberson |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 515611 |
| UTM Northing | 3434705 |
| Subject Codes | jails and prisons |
| Marker Year | 1979 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | 3rd and Culberson |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | In order to provide local law enforcement in the wake of Mexican bandit attacks, Culberson County was organized in 1911. The following year the county commissioners accepted plans for construction of this red brick jail. Although prisoners at times dug through the brick walls, the structure was used until a new courthouse which included a jail was completed in 1964. |