Fayette County, Texas
Historical Markers in Flatonia, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 12 Texas historical markers in Flatonia, in Fayette County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Texas Revolution and Civil War. The markers on this list were placed between 1962 and 2016. 4 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Flatonia stories
- Pin Oak Cemeteryplaced 2002
The first burials at this site, now unmarked, were for two ailing soldiers who died here following the Battle of Salado Creek near San Antonio in…
- Jacob Castlemanplaced 1962
A soldier in the War for Texas Independence. A San Jacinto veteran. Erected by the State of Texas 1962
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Churchplaced 2016
In 1854, Matej (Matthias) Novak (1818-1896), his four children and brother Anton Novak moved to the area and settled along Mulberry Creek in what was…
- Colony Cemeteryplaced 1994
The Colony community, settled in the 1870s by former residents of Mississippi, at one time included three churches, several stores, and a post…
- F.W. Flatoplaced 2016
Born on February 22, 1820, in Bremen, Germany, F.W. Flato immigrated to Texas in 1846 and settled in Austin County.
- Flatoniaplaced 1973
Market town for rich agricultural area, on one of this state's earliest railroads (chartered 1841 by the Republic of Texas).
All 12 historical markers in Flatonia
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church2016
- Colony Cemetery1994
- F.W. Flato2016
- Flatonia1973
- Flatonia Baptist Church1976
- Flatonia City Hospital and Opera House1983
- Flatonia Methodist Church1971
- Freyburg Methodist Church1994
- Freyburg United Methodist Church Cemetery2005
- Jacob Castleman1962
- Pin Oak Cemetery2002
- Wheeler Building1989
Historical markers near Flatonia
- Muldoon6 stories · 9 mi
- Moulton24 stories · 10 mi
- Schulenburg20 stories · 10 mi
- Waelder6 stories · 12 mi
- Oakland5 stories · 16 mi
- West Point5 stories · 17 mi
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