Details for Dawson County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5115001183
Data
| Marker Number | 1183 |
| Atlas Number | 5115001183 |
| Marker Title | Dawson County |
| Index Entry | Dawson County |
| Address | US 87 |
| City | Lamesa |
| County | Dawson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 226635 |
| UTM Northing | 3621964 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Picnic area at SE Corner US 87 and US 180. Marker reported damaged (missing bronze seal) Oct. 2020. |
| Private Property | |
| Marker Condition | |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial - highway marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | Created February 1, 1858. Recreated August 21, 1876 from Bexar Territory. Organized February 13, 1905. Named in honor of Nicholas Mosby Dawson 1808-1842 who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto and fell at Dawson's Massacre. Lamesa, County Seat |