Roberts County

Formed from Young and Bexar

Territories

Created, August 21, 1876

Organized, January 10, 1889

Named in honor of

John S. Roberts

A signer of the Texas Declaration

of Independence, and

Oran Milo Roberts

Governor of Texas, 1878-1882

County seat, Miami,

to October, 1889

Parnell, to August 1, 1898

Miami, since

Marker is on U.S. 60 1.1 miles west of Ranch to Market Road 3367, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

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