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Chambers' Creek

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Road side picnic area on US 77, Forredton, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 14' 31.496496", -96° 52' 15.497184"
 
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    Named in honor of Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-1865) to whom the first land grant within present Ellis County was made in 1834 by the Mexican government also known as Howe's Settlement in honor of William R. Howe, first settler in the region in 1843. An early post office in Robertson County first county seat of Navarro county, 1846-1848.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Chambers' Creek Historical Marker Location Map, Forredton, Texas