GREGG COUNTY, TEXAS

32° 28' 48" N, 94° 48' 36" W (32.48, -94.81)

Population: 124,239 (2020) 121,730 (2010)

Gregg County Topics

History

Town List

Vintage Maps

Contiguous Counties:
Upshur County (N) Harrison County (E) Rusk County (S) Smith County (W)

Gregg County History

(1936 Centennial - Highway Marker)

GREGG COUNTY

Formed from Rusk and Upshur counties.
Created April 12, 1873; organized June 28, 1873.
Named in honor of General John Gregg (1828-1864). Delegate to Secession Convention and to the Provisional Congress of the Southern Confederacy; a Confederate officer.
Longview, the county seat.

Gregg County Courthouse

Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson

Gregg County Town List

Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns: History, attractions, landmarks, architecture, monuments, museums, cemeteries, bridges, parks, vintage & contemporary images, area destinations, hotels, and forum.

County Seat - Longview
Book Hotel Here - Longview Hotels

Camden ghost town

Danville ghost town

Easton

Footes ghost town

Fredonia

Gladewater

Greggton ghost town

Iron Bridge ghost town

Kilgore

Liberty City

Longview County seat

North Chapel ghost town

Omega ghost town

Shiloh

Teneryville ghost town

Walling's Ferry ghost town

White Oak

Gregg County Vintage Maps

Gregg County 1907 postal map
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Gregg County 1920s map
From Texas state map #10749
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

Gregg County 1940s map
From Texas state map #4335
Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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TEXAS TOWN LIST
Alphabetical Listing of over 3300 Cities, Towns & Ghost Towns:
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