Historical Marker

Ochiltree County

Perryton · Ochiltree County · Dedicated 1936 · THC Atlas #5357003662

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

Marker Inscription

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 Republic of Texas, 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)

About this site

Ochiltree County is a historical marker in Perryton, Ochiltree County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 10 historical markers documented in Ochiltree County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 17 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 36.4105, -100.8025 near Perryton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Museum of the Plains (museum), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gray Community Church, Plainview Hardware Company Building, and Sanitarium, First.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5357003662. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 36.4105, -100.8025 · Perryton, Ochiltree County
Directions (Apple)Google MapsView map

Get Texas Roam — all 28,000 sites in your pocket

See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum and landmark across Texas on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and check in as you roam.

Download on the App Store
or open the live map in your browser →Free · ad-free · the iOS app and the web map share one account, so your visits sync across both

Nearby in Ochiltree County