Gregg County
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txoilgas
N 32° 30.030 W 094° 44.373
15S E 336578 N 3597247
Located alongside SH 80 which is one of the main roads into Longview.
Waymark Code: WM7VTC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/09/2009
Views: 16
Marker Number: 9962
Marker Text:
Formed from Rusk and Upshur counties. Created April 12, 1873; organized June 28, 1873. Named in honor of General John Gregg (1828-1864). Delegate to Secession Convention and to the Provisional Congress of the Southern Confederacy; a Confederate officer. Longview, the county seat.
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