Welcome to Robert Lee, Texas

Discover our community, history, and beauty

Explore the Playground of West Texas

We have plenty of volunteer organizations ready for you to join in the fun.

Check out some of our amphitheater pageants celebrating the history of Ole Coke County.

Just outside of town can be a fun destination drive.

Come worship at one of our faithful churches.

Founded by R. E. Cartledge and his father-in-law, L. B. Harris
Named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Harris pushed to move the county seat from nearby Hayrick to Robert Lee. At the time Hayrick was much more developed than its neighbor.
In 1891 Robert Lee won the county seat election, and most of the Hayrick population moved immediately to Robert Lee. In the same year the post office opened.
1892 Robert Lee had a population of 570, twenty businesses, including a bank and a weekly newspaper, the Coke County Rustler (later the Robert Lee Observer).
A rock courthouse was built in 1891 and replaced in 1956. The town was incorporated in 1929.