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Camp Springs is an unincorporated community in east central Scurry County, Texas, United States. It is found at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1673 and 1614 about ten miles east of the city of Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County. Its elevation is 2,247 feet (676 m), and it is located at 32.56694°N, -100.88528°W (32.7598297, -100.6920581).

Historical Marker Text: Named for W. H. Camp, an early settler who built a dugout in 1878 at springs, one-half mile northwest of here. Petrified trees--one 300 feet tall--and bones of prehistoric animals have been found in area. Tools, pictographs in nearby cave indicate Indians camped here. Emigrant trail to California, blazed in 1849 by Army Captain R. B. Marcy, came through region. General Robert E. Lee followed part of same trail searching for hostile Comanches in 1856. Both men made camp at Green Springs, six miles southwest. Post office was established, 1891. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967.