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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «lynn county» AND «texas»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Bill Kirchner, November 11, 2017
Lynn County and Lynn County Courthouse Markers
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Texas, Lynn County, Tahoka — 15274 — Lynn County Courthouse —
On Main Street at South 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
In 1876 the Texas legislature created Lynn County, which organized in 1903 with Tahoka as county seat. A two-story frame structure on this site served as courthouse until citizens approved a bond election for the current building in Jul. 1915. . . . — — Map (db m110344) HM
2 ► Texas, Lynn County, Tahoka — 17848 — New Moore Community —
On Farm to Market Road 213 at Farm to Market Road 179, on the right when traveling west on Highway 213.
New Moore was a rural farming community established on the site of the Singleton Slash L Ranch in 1924. Samuel F. Singleton came to Texas in the 1870s. He met Marion Virgil ‘Pap’ Brownfield and they settled sixteen sections of land along the . . . — — Map (db m174138) HM
3 ► Texas, Lynn County, Wilson — 5857 — Wilson Mercantile Company —
On Green Avenue at 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on Green Avenue.
Founded 1910 by William Green, son of a family who settled in South Texas more than a century ago. The townsite was part of four leagues of Wilson County school lands bought 1906 by Green and Associates. Green later bought out his associates, . . . — — Map (db m110537) HM

4 ► Texas, Cochran County, Morton — 14745 — Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 —
On State Highway 214 1.3 miles north of Washington Avenue (State Highway 114), on the left when traveling north.
African American troops, known as Buffalo Soldiers, were vital in defending the Texas frontier. On July 26, 1877 Buffalo Soldiers from Co. A of the 10th Cavalry began to pursue a Comanche party. During the pursuit, the Comanches led the troops . . . — — Map (db m73660) HM
5 ► Texas, Lynn County, Wilson — 18675 — Green Memorial Park Cemetery —
On Farm to Market Road 400 1.1 miles south of Wellhausen Rd, on the right when traveling south.
Located south of the townsite of Wilson, Green Memorial Park Cemetery was established as part of the farming community of Wilson. In 1906, William Green and his associates from Shiner, Texas, purchased land and a short time later Green and . . . — — Map (db m174142) HM

6 ► Texas, Limestone County, Groesbeck — 12031 — Limestone County Courthouse —
On West State Street at Ellis Street (State Highway 14), on the right when traveling north on West State Street.
Limestone County was established in 1846. Springfield served as the first county seat, but geographic boundary changes and the burning of the Springfield Courthouse led to the designation of Groesbeck as the county seat in December 1873. Three . . . — — Map (db m164697) HM

7 ► Texas, Lynn County, O'Donnell — 55 — The A. J. Warren Building —
On Doak Street at 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on Doak Street.
Farmer and rancher A. J. Warren (1870-1933) moved to this area in 1902 and helped to organize Lynn County in 1903. He built this 2-story brick and concrete edifice in 1925 to house the First National Bank, chartered that year. Competition from . . . — — Map (db m110307) HM

8 ► Texas, Bailey County, Enochs — 22695 — Pastores of Bailey County —
On State Highway 214 0.2 miles south of County Road 1272, on the right when traveling south.
Sheep herders from communities along the Pecos River in New Mexico, known as the pastores, used La Vista de Vida Agua, or the Trail of Living Water, to bring their large flocks into the grasslands of the western Llano Estacado and to . . . — — Map (db m290394) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 13, 2026