Camp County
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 33° 02.326 W 094° 57.573
15S E 317012 N 3657291
Texas Highway Department 1936 Camp County marker, along with a marker for Colonel John L. Camp, in a roadside pullout on the west side of US 271, a bit north of Pittsburg, providing a sound-byte about the county and Colonel Camp himself.
Waymark Code: WMYZHQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
Views: 12

Marker Number: 9789

Marker Text:
Formed from Upshur County
Created April 6, 1874
Organized June 20, 1874

Named in Honor of

John Lafayette Camp
(1828-1891)

Soldier -- Lawyer -- Statesman
Member of the Constitutional Convention, 1866, state senator in 1874

Pittsburg, the county seat


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