Shelby County, Texas
Center Real Estate and Local Guide
Center is the seat of Shelby County in deep East Texas, about 17 miles from the Louisiana border, with a courthouse square at its historic core and a strong poultry-farming heritage.
Living in Center
Home to the 1885 Shelby County Courthouse, the only Irish-castle-style courthouse remaining in the United States. Source: texastimetravel.com
Homes in Center
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Center home
Historic Shelby County Courthouse
1885 Romanesque Revival courthouse designed by Irish architect J.J.E. Gibson to resemble a castle, the only Irish-castle-style courthouse remaining in the United States
Shelby County Museum
Local history museum with exhibits and artifacts on Shelby County near the town square
Lake Pinkston
560-acre city-owned reservoir about ten miles west of Center, known for largemouth bass fishing
Center areas to know
Wilson Addition
Southern quarter of town, named for early landowner James C. Wilson who donated land for the townsite