Details for Lampasas County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5281003022
Data
| Marker Number | 3022 |
| Atlas Number | 5281003022 |
| Marker Title | Lampasas County |
| Index Entry | Lampasas County |
| Address | |
| City | Lampasas |
| County | Lampasas |
| UTM Zone | |
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| UTM Northing | |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Lampasas County Courthouse grounds |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | Formed from Travis and Bell counties; created February 1, 1856; organized March 10, 1856; The name Lampazos, first given to the river by the Spaniards, was suggested by the many cockle-burs in the region. First settlements about 1850; first railroad, 1882; county seat, Burleson, after 1856, called Lampasas. |