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Denton County, Texas
Historical Markers in Pilot Point, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 7 Texas historical markers in Pilot Point, in Denton County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Tales of Tragedy. The markers on this list were placed between 1976 and 2007.
Start with these Pilot Point stories
- Skinner Cemeteryplaced 1997
In the early days of Pilot Point, Lucinda (Glasscock) and Richard Skinner set aside a 2.44-acre piece of land to be used as a cemetery.
- City of Pilot Pointplaced 1978
Attracted by fertile land and abundant water and game, pioneers began to settle at this site near the edge of the Cross Timbers region in the late…
- County Line Baptist Churchplaced 2007
This church, originally called the Colored Missionary Baptist Church, has served as a spiritual leader for African Americans in the area since 1863.
- Pilot Point Church of Christplaced 1981
This congregation organized about 1865, twenty years after members of the Peters Colony began settling here.
- Pilot Point Post-Signalplaced 1984
First published as the "Pilot Point Post," this newspaper was established in 1878 by David J. Moffitt (1848-1917) and James T. Jones (1845-1915).
- St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Churchplaced 2007
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church has provided for the spiritual needs of residents in this region since the late nineteenth century.
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