Chambers County
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N 29° 46.395 W 094° 40.531
15R E 338022 N 3294836
1936 pink granite marker for Chambers County
Waymark Code: WMM0KG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2014
Views: 10
Marker Number: 9118
Marker Title: Chambers County
Index Entry: Chambers County
Address:
City: Anahuac
County: Chambers
UTM Zone: 15
UTM Easting: 338008
UTM Northing: 3294800
Subject Codes: counties
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Designations: na
Marker Location: near intersection of Kansas Ave. on SH 61
Marker Size: 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Marker Number: 9118
Marker Text:
Formed from Jefferson and Liberty counties. Created February 12, 1858. Organized August 2, 1858.
Named in honor of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-1865), the first and only superior judge of Texas before the revolution. Member of Secession Convention of 1861.
County seat, Wallisville, 1858. Anahuac first known as Chambersea, since 1908.
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