Edom
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N 32° 22.336 W 095° 36.636
15S E 254379 N 3584697
This marker gives a brief history of the town of Edom. Interesting fact - the town moved three times. This marker is interesting in that it records a historian, John Bryant Beall, in the lower left corner.
Waymark Code: WMEDR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2006
Views: 56
This marker is located in front of the historical museum in the current location of the town of Edom.
Marker Number: 11398
Marker Text:
According to available records the town of Edom has occupied three different locations and is the third oldest town in Van Zandt County. James Coltharp and A. C. Beall settled six miles east of here in 1849, built a sawmill, and named the town Hamburg. A stagecoach station and post office were established. The town shifted 6 miles west to a crossroads and was called Newburg. In the 1850s the town moved to its present location and became Edom. A church was organized in 1857, and a new post office opened in 1858. Edom was incorporated in 1966. (1997)
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