Historical Marker
Lampasas County
Historical marker location:
501 Fourth Street, Lampasas, Texas
( Lampasas County Courthouse grounds)
Marker installed: 1936
Formed from Travis and Bell counties; created February 1, 1856; organized March 10, 1856; The name Lampazos, first given to the river by the Spaniards, was suggested by the many cockle-burs in the region. First settlements about 1850; first railroad, 1882; county seat, Burleson, after 1856, called Lampasas.