Jim Hogg County

Historical marker location:

210 N. Smith Ave., Hebbronville, Texas

( Courthouse Square, corner of N. Smith and E. Santa Clara, Hebbronville)

Marker installed: 1936

Marker size: Pink granite highway marker

Formed from Brooks and Duval counties; created March 31, 1913; organized August 11, 1913.

Named in honor of James Stephen Hogg, 1851-1906, first native Texan to serve as Governor; father of the Railroad Commission.

Hebbronville, the county seat

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