McLennan County, Texas
Historical Markers in Crawford, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 12 Texas historical markers in Crawford, in McLennan County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War and Native History. The markers on this list were placed between 1963 and 2023.
Start with these Crawford stories
- Canaan Baptist Cemeteryplaced 2012
Canaan Baptist Church established an adjoining burial ground in 1894. Heinrich Engelbrecht donated land for the cemetery in 1895 and additional land…
- Crawfordplaced 2003
Crawford Located in an area of McLennan County once inhabited by Tonkawa Indians, the community of Crawford grew slowly from an 1850S settlement…
- Moore, John Creedplaced 1963
Star and Wreath Brigadier General, C.S.A. Commended for outstanding gallantry at Shiloh, led brigade at Corinth and Vicksburg, fought at Chattanooga…
- Osage Cemeteryplaced 1991
Residents of the Osage community began using this site as a burial place about the mid-1870s, soon after area settlement began.
- Canaan Baptist Churchplaced 1992
This congregation traces its history to 1891 when Germans in the Prairie Chapel community organized a Baptist church congregation in a local…
- Crawford Cemeteryplaced 2001
"H. Kee" chiseled on a rockpile marks the first burial at this site, that of Harvey Gilmore Kee (1875-1876), son of Richard and Sarah (Hughes) Kee…
All 12 historical markers in Crawford
- Canaan Baptist Cemetery2012
- Canaan Baptist Church1992
- Crawford2003
- Crawford Cemetery2001
- Crawford Schools2004
- First Baptist Church of Crawford2008
- First United Methodist Church of Crawford2017
- Moore, John Creed1963
- Osage Cemetery1991
- Prairie Chapel School1995
- Shiloh Baptist Church1984
- St. Paul Lutheran Church2023
Historical markers near Crawford
- Valley Mills11 stories · 5 mi
- Oglesby5 stories · 9 mi
- McGregor10 stories · 10 mi
- China Spring5 stories · 14 mi
- Moody11 stories · 15 mi
- Clifton16 stories · 16 mi
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