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Gaines County

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Seminole, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 43' 13.94767999992", -102° 38' 51.4561400016"
 
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    Created August 21, 1876; organized October 24, 1905. Named for James Gaines: born in Virginia in 1779; established a ferry across the Sabine River in 1819; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; member of the Congress of the . Gold lured him to California, where he died. A country of cattle, oil and farming. Seminole, the county seat. 1936

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Gaines County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas