​Johnston County

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Marker Text: Named for Middleton T. Johnson (1810-1866), native of South Carolina, for 7 terms an Alabama legislator, a leading Texan after 1840. Served in 9th Texas Legislature; in Texas Rangers, Mexican War, Civil War.
       County created and organized 1854, from land earlier in counties of Ellis, Hill and Navarro. First county seat, Wardville, 1854-1856. Second was Buchanan, 1856-1867.
​   Camp Henderson, at famous springs 3.5 miles southeast of Buchanan, a recruiting place in county during Civil War, in 1867 was made county seat and renamed in honor of a Confederate General Patrick Cleburne. (1936) (1965) 

Marker No: 2830

Pink Granite 1936 County Centennial Marker

Geographic: 32.339195,-97.385506

Location: ​2nd and Hillsboro Street, Cleburne City Park, Cleburne