The first county election for Collin County was held July 13, 1846. The first District Court for Collin County was opened October 21, 1846. The first county seat for Collin County was "Buckner" and was located about four miles northwest of McKinney. The county seat was moved to McKinney in 1848.
| 1st Sheriff |
King Custer |
1846-48 |
| 2nd Sherif |
Bob Fitzhugh |
1849-53 |
| 3rd Sheriff |
James H. Lovejoy |
1854-57 |
| 4th Sheriff |
J. Dud Doak |
1858-60 |
| 5th Sheriff |
James R. Reed |
1861-64 |
| 6th Sheriff |
Josiah Nichols |
1865 |
| 7th Sheriff |
William C. Hall |
1866 |
| 8th Sheriff |
Simon P. Burns |
1867 |
| 9th Sheriff |
George A. Wilson |
1868 part of 1869 |
| 10th Sheriff |
W.N. Bush |
1869-72 |
| 11th Sheriff |
W.W. Merritt |
1873-78 |
| 12th Sheriff |
Williams Warden |
1879-84 |
| 13th Sheriff |
Gabe Beck |
1885-88 |
| 14th Sheriff |
W.S. Phillips |
1889-92 |
| 15th Sheriff |
J.L. Moulden |
1893-96 |
| 16th Sheriff |
W.L. Coffee |
1897-98 |
| 17th Sheriff |
J.W. Pafford |
1899-1902 |
| 18th Sheriff |
Tom M. Beverly |
1903-06 |
| 19th Sheriff |
George M. Eubank |
1907-10 |
| 20th Sheriff |
A.T. Robertson |
1911-14 |
| 21st Sheriff |
Albert McCauley |
1915-18 |
| 22nd Sheriff |
Ed Blakeman |
1919-22 |
| 23rd Sheriff |
W.F. Bishop |
1923-24 |
| 24th Sheriff |
W.A. Kerby |
1925-28 |
| 25th Sheriff |
Ed Blakeman |
1929-32 |
| 26th Sheriff |
G.J.S. Walker |
1933-36 |
| 27th Sheriff |
E.B. Moore |
1937-40 |
| 28th Sheriff |
W.E. Button |
1941-44 |
| 29th Sheriff |
William L. Brown |
1945-48 |
| 30th Sheriff |
L.C. Brawley |
1949-52 |
| 31st Sheriff |
Floyd E. Williams |
1953-59 |
| 32nd Sheriff |
Mary Williams |
1959-60 (completed husband's term) |
| 33rd Sheriff |
J.S. Hand |
1961-68 |
| 34th Sheriff |
Tom Montgomery |
1969-72 |
| 35th Sheriff |
George Smith |
1973-74 |
| 36th Sheriff |
Jerry W. Burton |
1974-80 |
| 37th Sheriff |
Joe Steenbergen |
1981-part of 1985 |
| 38th Sheriff |
Terry G. Box |
1985-2016 |
| 39th Sheriff |
Jim Skinner |
2017-present
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