Navarro County
N 32° 07.494 W 096° 27.943
14S E 739085 N 3557092
Red granite 1936 Centennial Texas Highway Department monument giving a quick overview of Navarro County, located in a small park on the east side of I-45B, north of Corsicana, TX.
Waymark Code: WMN8QD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2015
Views: 5
Marker Number: 7235
Marker Text: Formed from Robertson County. Created April 25, 1846; organized July 13, 1846.
Named in honor of Jose Antonio Navarro, 1795-1871, soldier, patriot and statesman, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Member of the Texas Congress 1838. Commissioner on the Santa Fe Expedition, delegate in 1845 to the Constitutional Convention.
County seat, Corsicana
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