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. |