Details for Chambers County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5071009118
Data
| Marker Number | 9118 |
| Atlas Number | 5071009118 |
| Marker Title | Chambers County |
| Index Entry | Chambers County |
| Address | |
| City | Anahuac |
| County | Chambers |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 338008 |
| UTM Northing | 3294800 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | near intersection of Kansas Ave. on SH 61 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | Formed from Jefferson and Liberty counties. Created February 12, 1858. Organized August 2, 1858. Named in honor of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-1865), the first and only superior judge of Texas before the revolution. Member of Secession Convention of 1861. County seat, Wallisville, 1858. Anahuac first known as Chambersea, since 1908. |