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London Town Square |
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London,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 40' 39.69468999984",
-99° 36' 30.40873999992"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
PLANNED AS COURT SQUARE OF PROPOSED COUNTY. PLATTED ABOUT 1878 BY POSTMASTER LEN L. LEWIS, WHOSE TOWN NAME CHOICE, BETTY LEWIS (FOR HIS WIFE), WAS VETOED BY POSTAL AUTHORITIES. LONDON IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY THE PEARL FAMILY, FOR THEIR OLD KENTUCKY HOME TOWN. ON THE WESTERN CATTLE TRAIL, LONDON HAD TRAIL DRIVERS AS RESIDENTS AND SOLD SUPPLIES TO CREWS PASSING WITH LONGHORN HERDS. BUSINESSES IN EARLY DAYS: BLACKSMITH SHOP, STORES, COTTON GIN. ALSO THERE WERE 3 CHURCHES AND A SCHOOL. COKE R. STEVENSON, 19411-47 TEXAS GOVERNOR, LIVED HERE AS A CHILD. (1971)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
London Town Square Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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