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| | Handbook of Texas Online: ARCHER COUNTY |
 | | Archer County (F-14) is located in north central Texas, bounded on the North by Wichita County, on the west by Baylor County, on the south by Young County, and on the east by Clay and Jack counties. |
 | | Hutto, a dentist from South Carolina and founder of the town, gave the county a one-story box house with four small rooms and one large room to be used as a courthouse.The large room served as a courtroom and office space for the county attorney. |
 | | The county's population centers, Archer City, Holliday, Windthorst, Megargel, Lakeside, Scotland, Mankins, Dundee, and part of Wichita Falls, are connected by U.S. highways 281, 277, and 82, and by Texas highways and roads. |
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