Details for Brooks County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5047000522
Data
| Marker Number | 522 |
| Atlas Number | 5047000522 |
| Marker Title | Brooks County |
| Index Entry | Brooks County |
| Address | US 281 |
| City | Falfurrias |
| County | Brooks |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 584593 |
| UTM Northing | 2997189 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Brooks County Rest Area, 9 mi. S of Falfurrias along US 281 |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial - highway marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | Formed from Hidalgo, Starr and Zapata counties, created March 11, 1911; organized September 2, 1911. Named in honor of James Abijah Brooks, Captain of Texas Rangers, 1882-1906, member of Texas Legislature, County Judge, Brooks County since 1911; Falfurrias, the County Seat. |