Scurry County

Historical marker location:

25th Street, Snyder, Texas

( By the tree on the corner of the Courthouse facility at the intersection of 25th Street and Avenue R)

Marker installed: 1936

Marker size: 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)

Formed from Young and Bexar territories; created August 21, 1876; organized June 28, 1884; named in honor of General William R. Scurry 1821-1864; member of the last Texas Congress; a distinguished officer in the Confederate Army; Snyder, the county seat. (1936)

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