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Hemphill County

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Canadian, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 55' 28.13800000008", -100° 22' 32.9820300012"
 
    Texas State
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     Formed form Young and Bexar territories. Created, August 21, 1876. Organized, July 5, 1886. Named in honor of John Hemphill, 1809-1862. First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Texas. Adjutant General of the Somervell Expedition. Member of the first State Constitutional Convention. Member of the United States Congress. Canadian, the county seat. (1936)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Hemphill County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas