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Formed from Tom Green County. Created February 26, 1887, organized May 7, 1910. Named in honor of John Cunningham Upton 1828-1862, a distinguished Confederate officer killed at Manassas, August 30, 1862. County Seat, Upland, 1910-1921, Rankin, since. A cattle and sheep raising county. Oil wells dot the county.
Upton County is a historical marker in Rankin, Upton County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 21 historical markers documented in Upton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 24 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.2320, -101.8429 near Rankin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rankin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rankin Cemetery, Upland, First Upton County Seat, and Upton, John C. and W.F..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5461005613. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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