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Williamson County, Texas
Historical Markers in Georgetown, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 30 Texas historical markers in Georgetown, in Williamson County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Texas Revolution, Civil War, Native History, and Outlaws & Lawmen. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2018. 7 are Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.
Start with these Georgetown stories
- John Berry, Frontiersmanplaced 1978
(1786-1866) A native of Kentucky and veteran of the War of 1812, John Berry moved in 1816 to Indiana.
- Pennington Family Cemeteryplaced 1994
Born in Fannin County, Texas, during the Republic of Texas period, John Parker Pennington (1840-1904), lived as a young man in Arizona Territory.
- San Gabriel Parkplaced 1998
The land and springs around this site made it a favored camping site for local Indian tribes for centuries before the Spanish discovered it.
- Dalrymple, William Corneliusplaced 1994
(August 3, 1814 - March 29, 1898) North Carolina native William Cornelius Dalrymple served in the Texas Revolutionary forces and as a Texas Ranger…
- Emzy Taylorplaced 1995
(1841-1895) Arkansas native Emzy Taylor clerked in his father's mercantile store in Georgetown before serving as a Confederate captain in the Red…
- First Presbyterian Churchplaced 2004
The Rev. William Mumford Baker presided over this congregation's organization in 1854 at the Round Rock home of Richard and Mary Agnes (Cooper)…
All 30 historical markers in Georgetown
- C.C. and Mattie Hughes Cody House2005
- Dalrymple, William Cornelius1994
- Emzy Taylor1995
- Farmers State Bank Building2006
- First Presbyterian Church2004
- Founding of Georgetown1994
- In Memory of George Washington Glasscock, Sr.1936
- Inner Space Cavern (Laubach Cave)1973
- James B. Williams1973
- Jessie Daniel Ames1988
- John Berry, Frontiersman1978
- Judge Greenleaf Fisk1976
- Judge Harry N. Graves2006
- Ku Klux Klan Trials2009
- Lesesne-Stone Building1983
- Macedonia Baptist Church1986
- Negro Fine Arts School2009
- North Fork of the San Gabriel River1988
- Original Site of Southwestern University1989
- Page-Decrow-Weir House1988
- Pennington Family Cemetery1994
- San Gabriel Park1998
- Site of Marshall-Carver High School1998
- Southwestern University1973
- Taylor-Cooper House2018
- Taylor, John McQueen1982
- Texan Santa Fe Expedition1970
- The Double File Trail1978
- The Harrell-Stone House1976
- Williamson County1970
Historical markers near Georgetown
- Round Rock23 stories · 8 mi
- Leander5 stories · 12 mi
- Granger5 stories · 15 mi
- Taylor6 stories · 15 mi
- Liberty Hill7 stories · 17 mi
- Bartlett7 stories · 18 mi
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