Colorado County Texas

Budget and Tax Rate Information

• Notice About 2025 Tax Rates (PDF)
• Colorado County 2025 Tax Rate Calculation Worksheet (PDF)
• Colorado County Proposed 2026 Budget (PDF)
  
• Notice of Public Hearing on Colorado County 2026 Budget (PDF)
• Notice of Public Hearing on 2025 Tax Rate (PDF) 
• Notice of Proposed Salaries of Elected County Officials 2026 (PDF)

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• COLORADO COUNTY IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER A BURN BAN. Colorado County Emergency Management requests that prior to starting any controlled burning (woodpiles, fields or large refuse piles), please call the Colorado County Communications Center at 979-732-2388, option 1.  They will ask you for the location and a contact number.  By doing this you will help prevent the needless dispatching of volunteer fire departments and will also receive information if a Burn Ban or Red Flag Warning is in place.  For more information on the burn ban status please click here
  
  
• TxDOT Project I-10 from SH 71 to FM 2761
  Project Map and Schematics for Segment 1
  Project Map and Schematics for Segment 2

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September 9, 2024: COLORADO COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE.  THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 6.554% AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $28.61.

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Official May 3rd 2025 Election Results

Photo provided courtesy of Ken Sparks

Colorado County Courthouse

County Attorney (979) 732-8203
County Judge (979) 732-2604
District Clerk (979) 732-2536
Public Defender (979) 732-9425

Photo provided courtesy of Ken Sparks

Colorado County Courthouse Annex

318 Spring Street
Columbus, Texas 78934

Tax Assessor-Collector (979) 732-2710 
County Clerk (979) 732-2155
County Auditor (979) 732-2791
County Treasurer (979) 732-2865