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​Marker Text: Created from Nacogdoches County. June 12, 1837. Organized the same year. Named in Honor of Sam Houston 1793 - 1863, commander-in-chief of the Texan Army at San Jacinto. president of the Republic and governor of the state of Texas, senator in the United States congress, 1846- 1859. Crockett the county seat. (1936) (Marker No. 11212)

Marker No. 11212

1936 Centennial Highway Marker

Geographic:31.330324, -95.462624

Location: 4th Street, Crockett