Details for Coleman County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5083000940
Data
| Marker Number | 940 |
| Atlas Number | 5083000940 |
| Marker Title | Coleman County |
| Index Entry | Coleman County |
| Address | US 84 |
| City | Coleman |
| County | Coleman |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 458122 |
| UTM Northing | 3524992 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Picnic area 0.9 mi. NW of US 283/SH 206. Text plate reported missing and seal reported damaged Feb. 2018. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Damaged |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | In early Texas had Apache, Comanche, Kiowa camps and mountain lookouts. White settlement began at Camp Colorado, U.S. 2nd Cavalry Post on Jim Ned Creek, 1857. County was created Feb. 1, 1858. Named for Robert M. Coleman (1799-1837), a signer of Texas Declaration of Independence and a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto. To south part of county, 1862, came John Chisum, to raise cattle to be furnished to Confederate troops fighting Civil War. County was organized Oct. 6, 1864. Courts first met at Camp Colorado. Coleman was approved as county seat April 28, 1876. |