Details for Gregg County

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5183009962

Data

Marker Number 9962
Atlas Number 5183009962
Marker Title Gregg County
Index Entry Gregg County
Address
City Longview
County Gregg
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 336601
UTM Northing 3597277
Subject Codes counties
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location just east of N. High St. on south side of US 80
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Marker Text Formed from Rusk and Upshur counties. Created April 12, 1873; organized June 28, 1873. Named in honor of General John Gregg (1828-1864). Delegate to Secession Convention and to the Provisional Congress of the Southern Confederacy; a Confederate officer. Longview, the county seat.

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