Monroe County - Greenwood Springs, MS
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N 33° 53.223 W 088° 18.497
16S E 379019 N 3750402
Hstoric marker along side the US Hwy coming from Alabama
Waymark Code: WMPYHW
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/11/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member jdwms_1950
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County of marker: Monroe County
Location of marker: US 278, Greenwood Springs
Marker erected by: Monroe County Bicentennial Committee
Date marker erected: 1976

NOTE: Reported Missing

Marker text:

MONROE COUNTY
CREATED 1815
To protect the first white settlers on tributaries of the Buttahatachie River, Gov. David Holmes created Monroe County June ~ 20, 1815 from land between the Tombigbee nd Black Warrior Rivers.

Date Installed:: 1976

Organization that placed the object:: Monroe County Bicentennial Committee

Related Website:: [Web Link]

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