London TX
N 30° 40.707 W 099° 34.591
14R E 444777 N 3394108
Tiny London was laid out to be the seat of Kimble County in 1878 -- when Junction was named county seat, London's fate was sealed
Waymark Code: WMPQPC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2015
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The waymark coordinates are at the state historic marker where the story of London's spurning by Kimble County Commissioners is preserved for all time, right in front of the humble London City Hall.
The marker reads as follows:
"LONDON TOWN SQUARE
Planned as court square of proposed county. Platted about 1878 by Postmaster Len L. Lewis, whose town name choice, "Betty Lewis "(for his wife), was vetoed by postal authorities. "London" is thought to have been proposed by the Pearl family, for their old Kentucky home town. On the Western Cattle Trail, London had trail drivers as residents and sold supplies to crews passing with Longhorn herds. Businesses in early days: blacksmith shop, stores, cotton gin. Also there were 3 churches and a school.
Coke R. Stevenson, 1941-1947 Texas Governor, lived here as a child. (1971)"
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