Floyd County
N 33° 53.520 W 101° 21.613
14S E 281739 N 3752688
The 1936 TX Centennial granite county maker at a highway rest area - one of three historic markers here
Waymark Code: WMKD3D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2014
Views: 9
This 1936 granite county maker is located at a rest area in the Caprock on the US 62 between Ralls and Floydada, near where Mama Blaster's grandmother used to come with her friends in the 1920s.
Marker Number: 1928
Marker Text:
Floyd County, formed from Young and Bexar territories.
Created August 221, 1876. Organized May 28, 1890,
Named in honor of Dolphin Ward Floyd, a captain who died at the Alamo.
County seat, Floyd City, 1890; Floydada, since 1892. (1936)
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