A New County is Born

A New County is Born (HM1OAW)

Location: Longview, TX 75601 Gregg County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 29.734', W 94° 44.212'

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1873

In January 1873, Upshur County Representative B.W. Brown (a Methodist lay preacher) introduced a bill in the Texas Legislature to make Longview the seat of a new county to be composed of portions of existing Upshur, Rusk and Harrison counties. The county of Gregg (named for slain Confederate General John Gregg) was created, although initially composed of only 143 square miles taken from Upshur County.

In April 1874, an additional 141 square miles south of the Sabine River were taken from Rusk County and given to Gregg. Longview was chosen over Awalt (Willow Springs) to become county seat. The Texas & Pacific belatedly donated an entire city block as the courthouse square, then platted a new town at Awalt, which remained undeveloped until it became Greggton in 1929.
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HM NumberHM1OAW
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Year Placed2000
Placed ByOne Hundred Acres of Heritage, Inc
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Date Added Monday, September 28th, 2015 at 9:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 336821 N 3596696
Decimal Degrees32.49556667, -94.73686667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 29.734', W 94° 44.212'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 29' 44.04" N, 94° 44' 12.72" W
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Area Code(s)903, 214
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 283-299 E Methvin St, Longview TX 75601, US
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