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Historical Marker
Panola County
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About this site
Panola County is a historical marker in Carthage, Panola County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Panola County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 87 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.1587, -94.3376 near Carthage. The nearest cataloged historic site is Anderson, Jonathan (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Neal, Margie, Panola County Jail, and Panola County Jail, Old.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5365010839. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Texas legislature created Panola County on March 30, 1846 from parts of Shelby and Harrison counties, organizing it that July; the name comes from "ponolo," a Cherokee word for cotton. Pulaski, on the Sabine River, served as the first county seat before commissioners chose a central site in 1848 that became Carthage, on 100 acres donated by Jonathan Anderson. The county's pink-granite marker on the town square is one of the 1936 Texas Centennial markers.
Sources: hmdb.orgtshaonline.org
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Anderson, Jonathan
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Neal, Margie
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Panola County Jail, Old
Carthage · 1967
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Panola Watchman
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Carthage Book Club
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First United Methodist Church of Carthage
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First Christian Church of Carthage
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