Lubbock County
N 33° 35.098 W 101° 50.718
14S E 235929 N 3719767
The 1936 Centennial pink block Texas highway department county marker in front of the Lubbock County Courthouse in downtown Lubbock
Waymark Code: WM10X59
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2019
Views: 7
One of the few remaining original 1936 markers with the original bronze plate, this is one of 2 historical markers at the Lubbock County Courthouse.
Marker Number: 14613
Marker Text:
Formed from Young and Bexar territories
Created August 21, 1876
Organized March 10, 1891
Named in honor of
COLONEL THOMAS S. LUBBOCK
1817-1862
Member of the New Orleans Grays at the storming of Bexar, Commander of a company in the Santa Fe Expedition, member of the Somervell Expedition, Co-Organizer of the famous Terry's Texas Rangers, 1861.
County seat, Lubbock
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