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Site of Cameron, First County Seat of DeWitt County

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Cuero, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 8' 15.584172", -97° 18' 24.009192"
 
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    This site was chosen in June 1846 as the first seat of DeWitt County and named for Capt. Ewen Cameron (1811-43), slain prisoner of the Mier Expedition. Although a town was platted on the 100-acre tract donated by Joseph Tumlinson, a log courthouse and a county clerk's office were the only buildings erected. In 1850, after four elections and four court decisions, Cameron lost the title of county seat to the nearby town of Clinton. County offices moved to Cuero in 1876.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Cameron, First County Seat of DeWitt County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas