
Was named in honor of John
Hemphill, the first
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. It
was created in 1876 from Bexar County.
It is situated one county south of the extreme northeast limit of the
State on the northand joins the Indian Territory on the east,
and is in what is known as the Panhandle of Texas.

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