List of Texas County Seat Name Etymologies

County Seat	County	Named for
Paducah	Cottle	Paducah, Kentucky, the home of an early settler
Panhandle	Carson	Its location in the Texas Panhandle
Paint Rock	Concho	Native American pictographs discovered nearby
Palo Pinto	Palo Pinto	Palo Pinto County
Palestine	Anderson	Palestine, Illinois, the home of an early settler
Pampa	Gray	The Argentine pampas, which George Tyng, manager of the local White Deer Land Company, stated the area resembled
Paris	Lamar	Paris, France
Pearsall	Frio	Thomas W. Pearsall, vice president of the railroad
Pecos	Reeves	Nearby Pecos River, which was named for the Pecos Pueblo, which is of unknown etymology
Perryton	Ochiltree	George M. Perry, an early county judge
Pittsburg	Camp	Major William H. Pitts, who settled the tract of land which eventually became the town
Plains	Yoakum	Unknown, but most likely for the surrounding South Plains
Plainview	Hale	The unobstructed view of the surrounding South Plains
Port Lavaca	Calhoun	Nearby Lavaca Bay, which was named for the Lavaca River, which is the Spanish translation of the original French Rivière de Les Veches, so called because La Salle found so many bison along its shore during his expedition
Post	Garza	Founder C. W. Post, the cereal magnate who attempted to develop the town as a Utopian community