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Austin County, Texas
Historical Markers in Bellville, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 30 Texas historical markers in Bellville, in Austin County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War, Texas Revolution, Oil Boom, and Texas Music. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2018. 7 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Bellville stories
- Joachim H. Hintzplaced 2013
Johann Joachim Henrich Frederick (J. H.) Hintz (1841-1920), a native of Zisendorff, Mecklenburg, Germany, immigrated to the U.S. with his family in…
- John Bell Lewis Homeplaced 1979
Influential Austin county resident John Bell Lewis (1845-1920) was born on a plantation near Coffeeville, Alabama.
- Austin Countyplaced 1936
A part of the grant to Stephen F. Austin in 1821, created a municipality under the Mexican government in 1828, became a county of the Republic of…
- Bellvilleplaced 1999
Brothers Thomas and James Bell came to this area from Florida in 1822 with Stephen F. Austin's colony and acquired about 2,000 acres of land in 1837.
- Bellville General Hospitalplaced 2002
Bellville General Hospital Bellville was founded as county seat of Austin County in January 1848, on land provided by Thomas Bell, for whom the town…
- Early History of Bellville Methodist Churchplaced 1986
The heritage of Bellville Methodist Church dates to 1822, when Thomas B. Bell came to Texas from Florida with Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred…
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All 30 historical markers in Bellville
- Alexander Glenn Family Graveyard2001
- Austin County1936
- Austin County Jail1976
- Bellville1999
- Bellville Concordia1968
- Bellville General Hospital2002
- Bellville High School2018
- Bellville Turnverein Pavilion1996
- Buckhorn Cemetery2001
- Coshatte Cemetery2013
- Cumings Family Vault1981
- E. O. Finn Building1982
- Early History of Bellville Methodist Church1986
- First National Bank of Bellville2015
- Frank Cemetery2009
- Harigel House, The1984
- Joachim H. Hintz2013
- John Bell Lewis Home1979
- L. A. and Adelheid Machemehl House1992
- Machemehl Cemetery2012
- Michael Robert Pilley1936
- Montgomery Cemetery2007
- Oak Knoll Cemetery2001
- Original Site of St. Mary's Episcopal Church2002
- Pilgrims Rest Cemetery2007
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church1990
- Samuel Chapel Cemetery2008
- Shelburne-Reinecker House1994
- Site of First Bellville Masonic Lodge Building1986
- St. John Lutheran Church1996
Historical markers near Bellville
- Kenney6 stories · 7 mi
- Nelsonville5 stories · 12 mi
- Chappell Hill22 stories · 13 mi
- Sealy14 stories · 13 mi
- New Ulm7 stories · 14 mi
- San Felipe10 stories · 14 mi
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