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. |