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
UTM Easting
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.

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