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Formed from Rusk and Upshur counties. Created April 12, 1873; organized June 28, 1873. Named in honor of General John Gregg (1828-1864). Delegate to Secession Convention and to the Provisional Congress of the Southern Confederacy; a Confederate officer. Longview, the county seat.
Gregg County is a historical marker in Longview, Gregg County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 81 historical markers documented in Gregg County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 124 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5005, -94.7395 near Longview. The nearest cataloged historic site is Franklin L. Whaley House (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include The Grove, Preachers Hill, and Gregg County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5183009962. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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