Camp

Formed March 13, 1874 (164^th county)

Camp County (12,465), Pittsburg (4,331)

The Texas Renaissance and Classical Revival county courthouse was built in 1928.  It is located one block north of Texas State Highway 11 on the corner of Mount Pleasant and Church streets.  Smith and Praeger were the designers of this structure.  An Annex supports the courthouse.  Pittsburg has been the location for the two courthouses the county has had (the last was built in 1881) since it was created from Upshur County on March 13, 1874 as the 164^th county.  Camp County is named for John Lafayette Camp, state senator, judge, and Confederate Army colonel.  Pittsburg is named for W. H. Pitts, an early settler. 

Camp County government consists of a sheriff, a County Judge, and 4 Commissioners.  One District Court Judge serves Camp, Morris, and Titus counties, One District Court Judge serves Camp, Marion, Morris, and Titus counties, and One County Court Judge serves Camp County.  The county is on the edge of the East Texas pines to the east of Texarkana, Texas.  The county center is 3.5 miles Southwest of Pittsburg.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Morris, Upshur, Wood, Franklin, and Titus counties. 

The area of the county is 198 square miles.  It is 252 out of 254 in the state.  It ranks 150 out of 254 in population in the state.  It has a density of 63.0 persons per square mile making it 65 out of 254 in the state.  Camp County has 35.4% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 271 crosses the county north to south from Titus County into Upshur County.  The Caddo River is the northern border of this basically rounded delta shaped county.  Pittsburg is near the geographical center of this small county.  Pittsburg is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 34.8% of the county population.