Ochiltree County
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)
36.4105° N, 100.8025° W
Where to Find It
from Perryton take US 83 about 2 miles, north
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi E Gray Community Church Perryton
- 0.9 mi S First Sanitarium Perryton
- 1.1 mi S George Morgan Perry Perryton
- 1.1 mi S Colonel William B. Ochiltree Perryton
- 1.4 mi S Old Blasingame Home Perryton
- 9 mi S Ochiltree Townsite Perryton