Lynn County · 1936
Formed from Young and Bexar territories; created August 21, 1876; organized April 15, 1903. Tahoka, county seat. (1936)
View on map ↗Lynn County, Texas
Historical Markers in Tahoka, Texas
Tahoka is home to 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Lynn County · 1970
Created 1876 from Bexar Territory. Name honors G. W. Lynn, "One of those who baptized the altar of Texas with life blood at the Alamo". Tahoka Lake and Double Lakes Springs were watering places on Indian, Spanish, U. S.…
View on map ↗Tahoka · 1974
In Dec. 1902, over 100 people met around a bonfire in a ravine to the southwest of Tahoka Lake and voted to petition for county organization and to select a townsite for a county seat to be named "Tahoka," an Indian…
View on map ↗Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 in Lynn County · 2010
Known as Buffalo Soldiers, African-American troops played a vital role on the western frontier following the Civil War. On July 26, 1877, Buffalo Soldiers of Company A, 10th Cavalry left Double Lake in Lynn County in…
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