Details for Upton County

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5461005613

Data

Marker Number 5613
Atlas Number 5461005613
Marker Title Upton County
Index Entry Upton County
Address US 67
City Rankin
County Upton
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 229217
UTM Northing 3458814
Subject Codes counties
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 6 mi. E of Rankin at roadside park. Plate and seal reported missing Feb. 2007.
Private Property No
Marker Condition Missing
Marker Size 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Marker Text Formed from Tom Green County. Created February 26, 1887, organized May 7, 1910. Named in honor of John Cunningham Upton 1828-1862, a distinguished Confederate officer killed at Manassas, August 30, 1862. County Seat, Upland, 1910-1921, Rankin, since. A cattle and sheep raising county. Oil wells dot the county.

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