Historical Marker
Hemphill County
Historical marker location:
800 2nd St., Canadian, Texas
( 0.24 mi N at Historical Wagon Bridge roadside park off US 60/83)
Marker installed: 1936
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).