Details for Milam County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5331007985
Data
| Marker Number | 7985 |
| Atlas Number | 5331007985 |
| Marker Title | Milam County |
| Index Entry | Milam County |
| Address | |
| City | Cameron |
| County | Milam |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 693795 |
| UTM Northing | 3417961 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on US 77 across from Cameron Municipal Airpark in front of Cameron Oaks Apts., .8 mi. from Cameron |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Pink Granite |
| Marker Text | A part of Robertson's colony in 1834. A part of the municipality of Viesca, 1835. Named changed to Milam, December 27, 1835 in honor of Benjamin Rush Milam, 1788-1835, who fell at San Antonio. After Burleson and Robertson counties were cut off Nashville became the county seat in 1837. The later creation of Williamson, Bell, McLennan and Falls, reduced Milam County to its present size. Cameron, the county seat since 1846. |