CAMP COUNTY, TEXAS

32° 58' 12" N, 94° 58' 48" W

Camp County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Titus County (N), Morris County (E), Upshur County (S), Wood County (SW), Franklin County (W)

Camp County History

1936 Centennial Marker (on US 271 about 3.5 miles N of Pittsburg):

CAMP COUNTY
Formed from Upshur County.
Created April 6, 1874;
Organized June 20, 1874.
Named in honor of John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891), soldier, lawyer, statesman, member of the Constitutional Convention, 1866; state senator in 1874.
Pittsburg, the county seat.

Camp County Courthouse

Camp County Courthouse
1939 Photo courtesy TXDoT

Camp County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Pittsburg
Area Hotel - Mount Pleasant Hotels | More Hotels

Center Point ghost town

Ebenezer

Leesburg

Newsome

Pittsburg County seat

Rocky Mound

Camp County Vintage Maps

Camp County 1882 map
From Texas state map #2134
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Camp County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Camp County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Camp County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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