Details for Hemphill County

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5211002433

Data

Marker Number 2433
Atlas Number 5211002433
Marker Title Hemphill County
Index Entry Hemphill County
Address 800 2nd St.
City Canadian
County Hemphill
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 375782
UTM Northing 3976323
Subject Codes counties
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location City park, S of historic Canadian River bridge
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial - highway marker (pink granite)
Marker Text Formed form Young and Bexar territories. Created August 21, 1876. Organized July 5, 1886. Named in honor of John Hemphill, 1809-1862. First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Texas. Adjutant General of the Somervell Expedition. Member of the first State Constitutional Convention. Member of the United States Congress. Canadian, the county seat.

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