Introduction

The University of Texas at Austin maintains a collection of original maps at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin and the Perry-Casteñada online collection.  A separate collection is housed at the Fondren Library on the main campus of Rice University in Houston.  Both collections were examined in their entirety.  Most of the small one-story jails on the Sanborn maps are referred to as  calabooses.  Other names such as jail, county jail, and lockup are less common.  Although my definition of a calaboose for this project is a one-story building, there are a few exceptions.  Some two-story jails clearly state that one floor is a calaboose. Those towns where a tiny jail or suspicious structure is depicted is marked by an asterisk.

A

Abernathy  – 1925

Abilene – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1908, 1915, 1919,  1925, 1929 *

Alba – 1925 *

Albany – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1908, 1915, 1922

Alice – 1922

Alpine – 1927, 1933

Alto – 1925, 1934 *

Alvarado – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912

Alvin – 1925, 1942

Alvord – 1900, 1905, 1911, 1925, 1934 *

Amarillo – 1902, 1904, 1908, 1913, 1921, 1922 *

Andrews – 1954 *

Angelton – 1926, 1943

Anson – 1908, 1914, 1922, 1930

Aransas Pass – 1915, 1931

Archer City – 1934

Arlington – 1900, 1905, 1911, 1917 *

Arp – 1939                      

Asherton – 1951

Aspermont – 1934

Athens – 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1912, 1921 *

Atlanta – 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1923, 1943 *

Austin – 1877, 1885, 1889, 1894, 1900, 1921

B

Baird – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1908, 1915, 1922

Ballinger – 1896, 1902, 1908, 1915, 1922

Bandera – 1950 *

Barstow – 1927     

Bartlett – 1900, 1905, 1912, 1921 *

Bastrop – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1921, 1934

Bay City – 1907, 1912, 1917, 1926, 1942

Baytown – 1949 *     

Beaumont – 1885, 1889, 1894, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1911, 1923, 1941

Beckville – 1928

Beeville – 1898, 1904, 1909, 1914, 1922 *

Bellville – 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906 *

Belton – 1885, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1921

Big Lake – 1949

Big Sandy – 1928 *

Big Spring – 1885, 1900, 1905, 1909, 1914, 1922

Bishop – 1922, 1931, 1945 *

Blooming Grove – 1900, 1905, 1910, 1921 *

Boerne – 1910

Bonham – 1885, 1888, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1909, 1917 *

Borger – 1928, 1933, 1940 *

Bowie – 1896, 1902, 1908, 1922 *

Bracketville – 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910

Brady – 1908, 1916, 1921

Breckenridge – 1921

Bremond – 1926, 1937 *

Brenham – 1877, 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1920 *

Bridgeport – 1921, 1944

Brownsville – 1877, 1885, 1894, 1906, 1914, 1919, 1926

Brownwood – 1885, 1888, 1893, 1898, 1904, 1909, 1915, 1923, 1930 *

Bryan – 1877, 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1925 *

Burkburnett – 1926, 1948 ?

Burnett – 1885 , 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912

C

Caldwell – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1915, 1925

Calvert – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911 *     

Cameron – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1920, 1931

Canadian – 1920, 1929 *

Canton – 1925, 1941

Canyon – 1910, 1920 *

Carrizo Springs – 1933 *   

Carrollton – 1921, 1935

Carthage – 1927, 1939

Celina – 1920, 1944

Center – 1912, 1924, 1949

Childress – 1902, 1907, 1912, 1921

Chillicothe – 1921*                      

Cisco – 1886, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1920 *

Clarksville – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1920 *

Clarendon – 1921, 1927, 1940

Clarksville – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1920 *

Claude – 1921

Cleburne – 1885, 1889, 1893, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1918 *

Cleveland – 1926, 1939

Clifton – 1900, 1905, 1911       

Coleman – 1888, 1893, 1898, 1904, 1909, 1916, 1923

Colmesneil – 1904

Colorado – 1886, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1908, 1925 *

Columbus – 1885, 1890, 1896, 1900, 1906, 1912 *

Comanche – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1908, 1915 *

Commerce  – 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1922, 1933 *

Conroe – 1923

Cooper – 1909, 1914

Corpus Christi – 1885, 1894, 1900, 1906, 1909, 1914, 1919, 1927

Corsicana – 1885, 1889, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1921

Cotulla – 1933

Crane – 1951

Crockett – 1885, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1912

Crosbyton – 1921, 1927, 1943

Cross Plains – 1921, 1939

Crowell – 1921

Crystal City – 19311, 1944 *

Cuero – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1922 *

D

Daingerfield – 1892, 1898, 1903, 1909

Dalhart – 1908, 1913, 1920, 1929

Dallas -1885, 1888, 1892, 1899, 1905, 1921, 1922, 1927 *

Dawson – 1921*   

Dayton – 1927, 1943 *

De Leon – 1900, 1905, 1911, 1920

Decatur  – 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1914

Del Rio – 1900, 1905, 1909, 1917, 1930

Denison – 1885, 1888, 1892, 1897, 1903, 1908,1914, 1930 

Denton – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1912, 1917, 1921

Detroit – 1899, 1905, 1911 *

Devine – 1922, 1930, 1940 *

Donna – 1917, 1925, 1932, 1949

Dublin – 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1921 *

Duffau – 1926

Dumas – 1950

E

Eagle Lake – 1907, 1912, 1922

Eagle Pass – 1885, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1916, 1924

Eastland – 1911, 1920

Eden – 1940

Edgewood – 1926 *

Edinburg – 1925

El Campo – 1907, 1912, 1922 *

El Paso – 1883, 1885, 1888, 1893, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1908, 1927 *

Electra – 1919 *

Elgin – 1887, 1893, 1898, 1905, 1910

Elkhart – 1937

Ennis – 1884, 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1909, 1915 *

F

Fairfield – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1934

Falfurrias – 1930, 1945

Farmersville – 1892, 1897, 1902, 1908, 1921*

Fayetteville – 1917

Ferris – 1921, 1941 *

Flatonia – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1922 *

Floresville – 1902, 1907, 1912, 1922, 1930, 1940

Floydada – 1925,

Forney – 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1919 *

Fort Stockton – 1927, 1946

Fort Worth –  1885, 1889, 1893, 1898, 1910, 1911 *

Franklin – 1899, 1905, 1910, 1916

Frankston – 1925, 1939

Fredericksburg – 1896, 1902, 1910, 1915

Freeport – 1926, 1943 *

Freer – 1948

Frost – 1898, 1904, 1909, 1915

G

Gainesville 1885, 1888, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1908, 1913, 1922 *

Galveston – 1877, 1885, 1889, 1912, 1918

Garland – 1901, 1906, 1919 *

Gatesville  – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1807, 1912, 1920

Georgetown – 1885, 1889, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1916 *

Giddings – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1921 *

Gilmer – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912 *

Gladewater – 1934, 1938

Goldthwaite – 1894, 1898, 1904, 1909, 1915

Goliad  – 1894, 1900, 1906, 1912, 1922

Gonzales – 1877, 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1922

Goose Creek – 1926, 1931, 1939 *

Gorman – 1921, 1956 *

Graham – 1908, 1920

Granbury – 1893, 1898, 1905, 1910

Grand Prairie – 1920, 1929, 1945 *

Grand Saline – 1904, 1909, 1923, 1945

Grandview – 1888, 1893, 1898, 1905, 1912, 1925, 1934

Granger – 1910, 1921 *

Grapevine – 1921

Greenville – 1885, 1888, 1893, 1898, 1903, 1909, 1914 *

Greggton – 1955

Groesbeck – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911

Groveton – 1907, 1912

Gulf – 1926

H

Hale Center – 1933

Hamlin – 1908, 1913, 1919

Handley – 1925, 1924

Harlingen – 1919, 1925, 1929, 1950 *

Haskell – 1908, 1913, 1921

Hearne — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911 *

Hebbronville – 1934, 1943

Hempstead — 1877, 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912 *

Henderson  — 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1906

Henrietta — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1922 *

Hereford — 1908, 1913, 1920

Hico — 1893, 1898, 1903, 1907

Hillsboro – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1900, 1905, 1911, 1911, 1918, 1925, 1947 *

Hondo  — 1909, 1922

Honey Grove  — 1885, 1888, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1909, 1921

Houston  — 1877, 1885, 1890, 1896, 1907, 1917, 1919

Hubbard City — 1888, 1893, 1898, 1904, 1909, 1916 *

Humble – 1926, 1940 *

Huntsville – 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912 *

Hutto  — 1921, 1937 *

I

Iowa Park  — 1921, 1932, 1942*

Irving – 1942

Italy — 1899, 1904, 1912, 1921 *

Itasca — 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912 *

J

Jacksboro — 1921

Jacksonville — 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911 *

Jefferson  — 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911

Junction  —  1921, 1926, 1933, 1942

J

Karnes City – 1951

Kaufman — 1885, 1889, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1912, 1920 *

Kemp — 1921 *

Kenedy — 1922, 1932, 1941

Kerens  — 1921, 1931, 1940 *

Kermit – 1946

Kerrville  — 1898, 1904, 1910, 1916

Killeen – 1926, 1937

Kingsville  — 1915, 1922

Kosse — 1899, 1905, 1911, 1921 *

Kyle  — 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912

L

Ladonia — 1896, 1900, 1905, 1911, 1919 *

La Feria  — 1917

La Grange — 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1921*

Ladonia — 1896, 1900, 1905, 1911, 1919 *

La Feria – 1925, 1929, 1936

Lake Jackson – 1951

Lamesa  — 1921, 1925, 1932, 1939, 1948

Lampasas  — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912

Lancaster  — 1921, 1928, 1939 *

La Porte – 1925, 1929, 1936, 1939

Laredo — 1885, 1889, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1909 *

Leonard — 1919

Levelland – 1933, 1942

Lewisville – 1912 *

Liberty – 1927, 1938, 1945

Lindale – 1926, 1941

Littlefield – 1932, 1950

Livingston – 1927, 1935, 1943

Llano  — 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1921

Lockhart — 1888, 1894, 1898, 1903, 1909, 1915, 1922 *

Lockney – 1927, 1933, 1943 *

Lone Oak – 1926

Longview — 1885, 1890, 1896 1901, 1906, 1911, 1916 *

Lott – 1926, 1937 *

Lubbock — 1916, 1921

Lufkin  — 1904, 1908, 1915, 1922

Luling — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1921*

Mc

McAllen  — 1919, 1925, 1929, 1949

McCamey – 1946 *

McGregor — 1894, 1899, 1904, 1909, 1915, 1922 *

McKinney — 1885, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1908, 1914, 1920 *

McLean – 1933 *

M

Mabank  — 1921, 1934 *

Madisonville  — 1914

Manor  — 1900, 1905, 1910, 1916, 1925 *

Mansfield  — 1921, 1923

Marble Falls  — 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910

Marfa – 1927, 1933

Marlin — 1885, 1889, 1894, 1899, 1903, 1909, 1916 *

Marshall  — 1885, 1889, 1894, 1899, 1904, 1909, 1915

Mart — 1909, 1915 *

Mason – 1936

Mathis – 1950 *

Maxwell – 1924

Memphis — 1908, 1914, 1920

Menard  — 1921

Mercedes  —1917, 1925, 1931, 1949 *

Meridian — 1903, 1909 *

Merkel — 1908, 1914 *

Mesquite – 1926, 1937 *

Mexia — 1877, 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1921, 1922 *

Miami 1929

Midland — 1900, 1905, 1909, 1914 *

Midlothian — 1898, 1904, 1910, 1921, 1944

Milford — 1894, 1900, 1905, 1912 *

Mineola — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912, 1921, 1922 *

Mineral Wells  — 1900, 1904, 1907, 1912, 1921

Mission — 1919 *

Moody — 1902, 1907, 1912, 1920 *

Moulton – 1926, 1940

Mount Calm  — 1921, 1937 *

Mount Pleasant — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1920 *

Munday – 1925, 1942

N

Nacogdoches — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1900, 1906, 1912, 1921, 1922 *

Navasota — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912 *

Nederland – 1949

New Boston – 1952

New Braunfels  — 1877, 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1922

Newcastle — 1921, 1933 *

Nocona — 1914, 1924, 1949

Normangee – 1937 *

O

Oakwood – 1939*

Odessa – 1927, 1934, 1939, 1947, 1950 *

Olney — 1921

Orange — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1904, 1909, 1914, 1919 *

Overton — 1893, 1907 *

Ozona – 1941

P

Paducah  — 1921

Palestine — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1900, 1905, 1911, 1919

Palmer — 1921, 1936

Pearsall  — 1900, 1906, 1912,1924, 1942 *

Pecos — 1910, 1921

Pilot Point — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1912, 1921 *

Pittsburg — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1911, 1921

Plainview — 1910, 1914, 1921 *

Plano — 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1921 *

Port Arthur — 1900, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1918 *

Post  — 1921

Q

Quanah  — 1892, 1898, 1904, 1908, 1915, 1921

Queen City — 1885, 1890, 1896, 1901, 1906 *

Quitaque – 1936

R

Ranger — 1920 *

Rice — 1921 *

Richmond — 1885, 1899, 1904, 1909, 1914

Rio Grande City  — 1894

Rising Star — 1921 *

Robstown  — 1922

Roby — 1922

Rock Island — 1912

Rockdale — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912 *

Rockport — 1894, 1900, 1906, 1914 *

Rockwall  — 1900, 1905, 1911

Rogers — 1921 *

Roma  — 1894

Roscoe  — 1921

Rosebud — 1903, 1909, 1914 *

Rotan — 1911, 1919

Round Rock — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1909, 1911, 1916 *

Royse City — 1901, 1906, 1911, 1921 *

Rule  — 1911, 1922

Runge — 1902, 1907, 1912, 1922 *

S

Saint Jo — 1902, 1908, 1914 *

Sam Fordyce – 1925

San Angelo — 1885, 1889, 1894, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1913, 1920

San Antonio  — 1877, 1885, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1904, 1911, 1912

San Benito  — 1917

San Diego  —  1885, 1922

San Marcos — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1912, 1922 *

San Saba  — 1885, 1889, 1894, 1907, 1912

Santa Anna — 1921

Schulenberg  — 1889, 1894, 1901, 1906, 1912

Seguin — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1912, 1916 *

Seymour  — 1892, 1898, 1904, 1908, 1916

Sherman — 1885, 1888, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1908, 1914, 1922 *

Shiner — 1900, 1906, 1912, 1922 *

Sinton — 1922

Slaton  — 1922

Smithville — 1900, 1905, 1909, 1915 *

Snyder  — 1911, 1920

Somerville — 1910, 1912, 1925 *

Stamford — 1908, 1913, 1922 *

Stephenville — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1921 *

Strawn  — 1920

Sugarland  — 1913

Sulphur Springs  — 1885, 1888, 1893, 1898, 1903, 1909

Sweetwater  — 1885, 1902, 1908, 1914, 1922

T

Taylor — 1885, 1889, 1893, 1898, 1904, 1912, 1916 *

Teague — 1908, 1914 *

Temple — 1885, 1888, 1893, 1896, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1915, 1922 *

Terrell — 1885, 1888, 1892, 1897, 1902, 1909, 1914 *

Texarkana — 1885, 1888, 1896, 1905, 1909, 1915 *

Texas City — 1912, 1920

Texhoma  — 1922

Thurber — 1905, 1911 *

Tioga — 1914, 1922 *

Toyah – 1927

Trinity  — 1909 *

Troup — 1899, 1904, 1904, 1919 *

Tulia  — 1921

Tyler — 1877, 1885, 1889, 1898, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1919 *

U

Uvalde  — 1885, 1894, 1900, 1905, 1910, 1922

V

Valley Mills  — 1909, 1932 *

Van Alystyne — 1896, 1901, 1907, 1914 *

Vernon — 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1920 *

Vickery  — 1922

Victoria — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1917 *

W

Waco  — 1885, 1889, 1893, 1899, 1916

Waelder  — 1922

Waxahachie — 1885, 1890, 1893, 1898, 1904, 1909, 1914 *

Weatherford — 1885, 1889, 1894, 1900, 1910, 1921 *

Weimar — 1896, 1901, 1907, 1912 *

West — 1900, 1905, 1911, 1921 *

Wharton  — 1894, 1900, 1906, 1912

Whitesboro — 1885, 1891, 1901, 1907, 1915, 1921 *

Whitewright — 1891, 1896, 1900, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1920 *

Whitney — 1900, 1905, 1911 *

Wichita Falls  —  1885, 1889, 1892, 1898 1904, 1908, 1912, 1915 1919

Willis  — 1912, 1926

Wills Point — 1885, 1891, 1896, 1901, 1906, 1912 *

Winnsboro — 1899, 1904, 1909, 1921 *

Winters  — 1917

Wolfe City — 1896, 1901, 1909, 1922 *

Woodville  — 1904

Wylie — 1901, 1906, 1921 *

Yoakum — 1894, 1898, 1904, 1912, 1922 *