Hardin County
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This 1936 granite block Texas Highway Department marker stands next to another Texas Historical subject Marker on the south side of Highway 326 in Kountze.
Waymark Code: WM7WF6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2009
Views: 10
Marker erected by: Texas Highway Department
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Hardin County
City: Kountze
County: Hardin
Subject Codes: counties
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Location: SH 326 and Redwood St. at Courthouse
Marker Size: 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker
Marker Number: 11154
Marker Text: Created January 22, 1858
Organized August 9, 1858
Named in honor of
the Hardins of Liberty County,
five brothers-- Benjamin Watson,
Augustine Blackburn, William,
Franklin and Milton A. who came to
Texas in 1825
County seat, Hardin, 1858-1887
Kountze, since
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