Formed from Upshur County. Created April 6, 1874; organized June 20, 1874. Named in honor of John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891), soldier, lawyer, statesman, member of the Constitutional Convention, 1866; state senator in 1874. Pittsburg, the county seat.
Camp County
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Camp County is a historical marker in Pittsburg, Camp County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Camp County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 45 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.0388, -94.9595 near Pittsburg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Camp, Colonel John L. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include North Chapel Cemetery, Macedonia Cemetery #2, and Stafford-Paris House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5063009789. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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