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 FIRST - Supreme Court of Texas Posted by:  YoSam.
N 36° 07.765 W 100° 00.315
14S E 409546 N 3998770
Small county farthest north and east in Texas.
Waymark Code: WM136F5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2020
Views: 3
County of Marker: Lipscomb County
Location of Marker: US-60, turnout, W. side of TX-OK border, E. of Higgins
Marker Erected by: Texas Highway Department
Date Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Text: LIPSCOMB COUNTY
Formed from Young and Bexar territories:
Created, August 21, 1876
Organized June 6, 1887
Named in honor of
ABNER S. LIPSCOMB, 1789-1856.
Secretary of State in President Lamar's cabinet
member of the Constitutional Convention, 1845;
associate justice of the First Supreme Court of Texas.
Lipscomb, the county seat
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1876
More Information - Web URL: [Web Link]
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