History
Dr. William P. King, an entrepreneur from Mississippi, arrived in Texas in 1839. After having the land in the “Three Forks” area of the Trinity River surveyed, King established his headquarters in what is the current-day City of Kaufman. He constructed a stockade, named King’s Fort or Kingsborough, which overlooked today’s King’s Creek. Though King contracted and died from yellow fever in 1841, settlement of the area continued.
A few years later, in 1848, Kaufman County was formed, taking its name from David S. Kaufman, a well-known Texas patriot. It was stated that when the county seat was selected it would foster the same name as the county. After much debate, Kingsborough was selected as the county seat in March 1851. With that vote, the name of Kingsborough was changed to Kaufman.
That same year, Frances A. Tabor, Dr. King’s widow, deeded 150 acres of land for the newly established county seat. County government was soon transferred to the area in November of 1851, where it has remained to this day.
The town continued to grow and is now home to more than 7,000 residents and a host of diverse businesses. Kaufman’s rich history can still be seen through such sites as the Kaufman Poor Farm Project and the Historic First National Bank Building, among other historical structures.
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