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Kerr County

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Kerrville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 59' 48.47997000012", -99° 6' 1.1167399998"
 
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    Formed from Bexar County; created January 26, 1856; organized March 22, 1856. Named in honor of James Kerr, 1790-1850; the first American settler on the Guadalupe River; general manager of DeWitt's Colony; signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence; member of the Third Texas Congress. County Seat, Kerrsville (afterwards Kerrville), 1856-1860; Comfort, 1860-1862, Kerrville since.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Kerr County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas