Hemphill County
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Marker Text: Formed form Young and Bexar territories. Created, August 21, 1876. Organized, July 5, 1886. Named in honor of John Hemphill, 1809-1862. First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Texas. Adjutant General of the Somervell Expedition. Member of the first State Constitutional Convention. Member of the United States Congress. Canadian, the county seat. (1936)
Marker No: 2433
Pink Granite 1936 County Highway Centennial Marker
Geographic: 35.922295, -100.376068
Location: 0.24 mi N at Historical Wagon Bridge roadside park off US 60/83
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