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HISTORICAL MARKERS GUIDE: DEWITT COUNTY

De Witt County

Yorktown

Year Marker Erected: 1936
Location: East limit to Yorktown SH 72

Marker Text:
Created March 24, 1846 from Gonzales, Victoria and Goliad counties; organized July 13, 1846, with Cameron as the county seat. Named in honor of Green De Witt, a Texas Empresario born in Kentucky February 12, 1787. Died in Mexico, May 18, 1835.