Camp County

Historical marker location:

Pittsburg, Texas

( about 3.5 mi. N of Pittsburg on US 271)

Marker installed: 1936

Formed from Upshur County. Created April 6, 1874; organized June 20, 1874. Named in honor of John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891), soldier, lawyer, statesman, member of the Constitutional Convention, 1866; state senator in 1874.

Pittsburg, the county seat.

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