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==Government and infrastructure== The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] (TDCJ) operates the [[Marlin Unit]], a transfer facility for men, in the city of Marlin. The unit opened in June 1992 and was transferred to the [[Texas Youth Commission]] (TYC) in May 1995.<ref name="TDCJMarlin">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/n1.htm Marlin Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201337/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/n1.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on September 22, 2010.</ref> When it was a part of TYC, the facility, then called the Marlin Orientation and Assessment Unit,<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20011110114953/http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/programs/facility_address.html Facility Address List]." Texas Youth Commission. November 10, 2001. Retrieved on June 24, 2010.</ref> served as the place of orientation for [[Minor (law)|minors]] of both sexes being committed into the TYC's care, from the facility's opening in 1995 to its transfer out of TYC in 2007.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20011110110815/http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/about/how_movethru.html How Offenders Move Through TYC]." [[Texas Youth Commission]]. November 10, 2001. Retrieved on June 24, 2010.</ref> In September 2007, the facility was transferred back to the TDCJ.<ref name="TDCJMarlin"/> The TDCJ also operates the [[William P. Hobby Unit]], a prison for women located southwest of Marlin in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Falls County.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hb.htm Hobby Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201237/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/hb.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on September 22, 2010.</ref> ===Politics=== {{PresHead|place=Falls County, Texas|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,520|1,713|44|Texas}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|4,177|1,899|57|Texas}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,441|1,684|123|Texas}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|3,356|2,033|45|Texas}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|3,328|2,225|46|Texas}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|3,454|2,427|21|Texas}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|3,239|2,417|59|Texas}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,260|3,256|496|Texas}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,826|2,761|1,186|Texas}} {{PresRow|1988|Democratic|2,344|2,877|16|Texas}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,133|2,834|19|Texas}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|2,606|3,328|73|Texas}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,261|4,277|29|Texas}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,017|1,825|15|Texas}} {{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,345|2,990|1,364|Texas}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,216|3,933|2|Texas}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,559|3,399|7|Texas}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,819|2,674|14|Texas}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,962|3,287|8|Texas}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|546|3,385|287|Texas}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|377|3,191|651|Texas}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|958|3,949|1|Texas}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|140|3,411|5|Texas}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|181|3,896|7|Texas}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|877|2,484|7|Texas}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|448|2,817|191|Texas}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|585|1,878|1,420|Texas}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|729|2,037|249|Texas}} {{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|353|1,663|194|Texas}} {{U.S. SenHead|place=Falls County, Texas|Seat=1|source=<ref>{{cite news |title=2024 Senate Election (Official Returns) |website=Commonwealth of Texas by county |date=November 5, 2024 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/texas-senate-results}}</ref>}} <!-- U.S. SenRow should be {{U.S. SenRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{U.S. SenRow|2024|Republican|4,351|1,782|133|Texas}} {{U.S. SenFoot}}
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