Historical Marker
Lynn County
Historical marker location:
3 mi. N on US 87, Tahoka, Texas
( from Tahoka, take U.S 87 about 3 miles n)
Marker installed: 1936
Formed from Young and Bexar territories; created August 21, 1876; organized April 15, 1903. Tahoka, county seat. (1936).
The state of Texas was once an independent country known as the Republic of Texas. It gained independence from Mexico in 1836 and was a separate nation until it was annexed by the United States in 1845.