Shackelford County Veterans Services: No Officer on the County Site; TexVet Names Jess Phillips

What the county posts. Shackelford County's site - its menus of county offices, the County Judge's page and the Commissioners page - has no veterans page and names no veterans service officer. How the county funds it. The 2026-2027 proposed budget (dated August 17, 2026, the day of the Court's last budget workshop) has no veterans department among its General Fund departments - county judge, county and district clerk, treasurer, tax office, courts, justice of the peace, constable, sheriff, courthouse, information technology, elections, library, extension agent, non-departmental expense and the road precincts. A county of under 200,000 people is not required to keep an officer (Government Code 434.032; see the Texas entry). TexVet. TexVet's county list names Jess Phillips for Shackelford, at (325) 762-2106 (an Albany exchange), [email protected]. No county page or agenda read names him or says whether he serves for the county, so call before going. Where no officer is available, the Texas Veterans Commission's claims counselors help any veteran free (see the Texas entry). County contacts. The County Judge's office, Judge John Viertel, County Courthouse, 2nd floor, 225 South Main Street, Albany, TX 76430 (mail to P.O. Box 2797); phone 325-762-9405, fax 325-762-9406. The courthouse (325-762-9400) is open Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m., and Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. The County and District Clerk records discharges free (see shackelford-tx-county-clerk-discharges).