Lampasas County
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This Texas Highway Department granite centennial marker, at a picnic area on highway 281, details the formation of Lampasas County.
Waymark Code: WM1082
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2006
Views: 29
Index Entry: Lampasas County
Address:
City: Lampasas
County: Lampasas
Subject Codes: CO
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Designations: na
Marker Location: at rest stop, Highway 281, about 3.5 miles west of Lampasas
Marker Size: Centennial - red granite
Repairs Completed: None
Marker Number: 3022
Marker Text:
Formed from Travis and Bell counties
Created February 1, 1856
Organized March 10, 1856
The name Lampazos, first given to the river by the Spaniards, was suggested by the many cockle-burs in the region.
First settlements about 1850; first railroad, 1882; county seat, Burleson, after 1856, called Lampasas.
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