London Town Square
N 30° 40.699 W 099° 34.573
14R E 444806 N 3394093
The state historic marker at the London Town Square, intended to be the seat of Kimble County when it was laid out in 1878.
Waymark Code: WMPQNP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2015
Views: 4
This historic marker in on the southwest corner of the London City Hall lawn, opposite the Great Western Trail marker, along the US377 in what is left of the town of London.
Marker Number: 2988
Marker Text:
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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