Lampasas County 

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Marker Text: Formed from Travis and Bell counties; created February 1, 1856; organized March 10, 1856; The name Lampasas, first given to the river by the Spaniards, was suggested by the many cockle-burs in the region. First settlements about 1850; first railroad, 1882; county seat, Burleson, after 1856, called Lampasas. (1936) 

Marker No: 3022

Pink Granite 1936 County Centennial Marker

Geographic: 31.120083,-98.191231

Location: ​Lampasas County Courthouse grounds