The Weatherford Ledger Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Parker County

The county from the record

The Commissioners Court governs the county: roads, plats in the unincorporated area, interlocal agreements with the cities, the budget and tax rate, the jail, and burn bans. This page gathers what the Ledger keeps on it.

Two-story brick storefronts along a street in the Weatherford Downtown Historic District, Texas.
The Weatherford Downtown Historic District, around the Parker County Courthouse square. Image: Renelibrary via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burn ban
Current status, live from the Texas A&M Forest Service list
Commissioners Court
9 a.m.; dates vary by month, Parker County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Weatherford. Agendas and minutes on the county's Agenda Center. The Ledger's reports cover the court meeting by meeting, county-wide; the Aledo edition reports the same meetings from the east Parker County angle.
Tax rate
The county rate, value and levy by year, 2026 proposed at $0.284719
Elections
Nov. 3, 2026 dates and results; the county runs early voting and Election Day
Roads
County road projects, TxDOT agreements and the 2023 transportation bond as the court records them; see the court's record.
Officials
The county judge and commissioners on the record
Appraisal district
The school board's votes for the Parker County Appraisal District board, every year since 2017, are in the elections thread

2026 agendas on file

Agenda Center documents by date

Thursday, April 30, 2026 · Monday, March 23, 2026 · Monday, March 9, 2026 · Monday, February 23, 2026 · Friday, February 13, 2026 · Monday, February 9, 2026 · Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · Monday, January 26, 2026 · Wednesday, January 21, 2026 · Friday, January 16, 2026 · Monday, January 12, 2026

Minutes for 2025 and 2026 are scanned documents; the Ledger converts them to text and reports the court's decisions in the minutes' own words. Claims, lawsuits and personnel matters are counted, not characterized.