Williamson County, Texas
Historical Markers in Georgetown, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 75 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: Civil War, Texas Revolution, Native History, and Outlaws & Lawmen. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2018. 33 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)…
Plan your visit
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All 75 historical markers in Georgetown
- A. W. Sillure House1990
- Amos-Godbey House1988
- Burcham House1988
- C.A.D. Clamp1990
- C.B. and Lilburn Atkinson House2006
- C.C. and Mattie Hughes Cody House2005
- Chief Justice John Edward Hickman1971
- Citizens Memorial Garden Cemetery2013
- Community of Theon
- Dalrymple, William Cornelius1994
- David Love Store1988
- Easley Home1984
- Emzy Taylor1995
- Evangelical Free Church1988
- Farmers State Bank Building2006
- First Baptist Church Georgetown2015
- First Presbyterian Church2004
- First United Methodist Church of Georgetown1974
- Founding of Georgetown1994
- George Irvine House1988
- Georgetown Fire House and Old City Hall1984
- Georgetown High School Building1988
- H.C. Craig Building1990
- Hall Named for Laura L. Kuykendall1968
- In Memory of George Washington Glasscock, Sr.1936
- In Memory of Robert Jones Rivers1936
- Inner Space Cavern (Laubach Cave)1973
- Iota Chapter, Kappa Sigma Fraternity1986
- J. A. McDougle Home1975
- James B. Williams1973
- Jesse Cooper House1988
- Jessie Daniel Ames1988
- John Berry, Frontiersman1978
- Jonah Cemetery1998
- Judge Greenleaf Fisk1976
- Judge Harry N. Graves2006
- Ku Klux Klan Trials2009
- Lesesne-Stone Building1983
- M.B. Lockett Building1991
- Macedonia Baptist Church1986
- Mankins Crossing1990
- Marsh F. Smith House1988
- Negro Fine Arts School2009
- North Fork of the San Gabriel River1988
- Old Dimmitt Building1965
- Old Dimmitt Home1967
- Old Georgetown Cemetery1963
- Original Site of Southwestern University1989
- Page-Decrow-Weir House1988
- Pennington Family Cemetery1994
- Railroad Produce Warehouse1997
- San Gabriel Lodge No. 89, A. F. & A. M.1998
- San Gabriel Park1998
- Shafer Saddlery1971
- Site of Marshall-Carver High School1998
- Southwestern University1973
- Southwestern University Main Building1962
- St. John's Cemetery2008
- St. John's United Methodist Church1983
- Steele Store-Makemson Hotel Building1988
- Taylor-Cooper House2018
- Taylor, John McQueen1982
- Texan Santa Fe Expedition1970
- The Double File Trail1978
- The G. W. Riley House1972
- The Harrell-Stone House1976
- The Woman's Club of Georgetown1995
- W. C. Vaden House1992
- W. Y. Penn Home1975
- Wesley Chapel A.M.E. Church1984
- Williamson County1970
- Williamson County Courthouse1988
- Williamson County Jail1965
- Williamson County Sun1978
- Xi Chapter, Kappa Alpha Order1983
Historical markers near Georgetown
- Round Rock32 stories · 8 mi
- Hutto12 stories · 10 mi
- Leander15 stories · 12 mi
- Cedar Park8 stories · 12 mi
- Jarrell5 stories · 13 mi
- Granger12 stories · 14 mi
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