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Ochiltree County

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US 83, about 2 mi. N of Perryton, Perryton, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 25' 50.97356000004", -100° 48' 9.7326100008"
 
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     Formed from Young & Bexar territories: Created, August 21, 1876 Organized, February 21, 1889 Named in honor of William Beck Ochiltree, 1811-1867, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1842, Secretary of the Treasury, 1844, the last Attorney General of the , member of the Texas Legislature, 1855; delegate to the Secession Convention of 1861, colonel in the Confederate army. County Seat Ochiltree, 1889 Perryton, since 1920. (1936)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Ochiltree County Historical Marker Location Map, Texas

 
   
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