Historical Markers in San Marcos, Texas

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• William W. Moonplaced 1975

  (March 25, 1814 - Jan. 7, 1897) Orphaned two days after his birth, William W. Moon grew up with two uncles in his native Alabama.

• First United Methodist Churchplaced 1970

  First church in Hays County. Organized August 5, 1847, with 9 charter members, by circuit rider A. B. F. Kerr in home of John D. Pitts.

• Pitts Cemeteryplaced 1995

  John Drayton Pitts was born at sea on August 26, 1798, during the voyage of his parents, John and Jane Pitts, from England to Charleston, South…

• Site of the First Town of San Marcosplaced 1936

  Known officially as Villa de San Marcos de Neve. Established in 1807 by Mexican settlers. The population on January 6, 1808 was 81.

• Appoximate Site of the Missionsplaced 1936

  San Francisco Xavier de los Dolores, Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria, San Ildefonso. Originally established on the San Gabriel River by Franciscan…

• Burleson Homeplaced 1967

  Home of Gen. Edward Burleson (1793-1851), officer in Texas War for Independence; vice president of Republic of Texas, 1841-1844; leader in frontier…

San Marcos on the Texas history calendar

• August 5: First United Methodist Church
• August 26: Pitts Cemetery
• March 25: William W. Moon

All 77 historical markers in San Marcos

• Alexander Gates & Lillian Johnson Thomas House1997
• Appoximate Site of the Missions1936
• Augusta Hofheinz House1992
• Belvin Street Historic District1976
• Beverly Hutchison House1968
• Built in 1850's by Edw. Burleson, Jr.1965
• Burleson Home1967
• Caldwell-Kone-Hyatt House1975
• Cementerio del Rio2010
• Cemetery Chapel1973
• Charles Cock Home1968
• Charles Lewis McGehee Cabin1985
• Cheatham-Hohenberg Cemetery2018
• Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Fort Street Presbyterian Church)2001
• Don Felipe Roque de la Portilla1976
• Dunbar School1975
• Eddie Durham2013
• Eli T. Merriman Home1965
• Eliza Pitts Malone1983
• Farmers Union Gin Company1981
• First Baptist Church NBC of San Marcos2014
• First Baptist Church of San Marcos1974
• First Christian Church of San Marcos1976
• First National Bank of San Marcos1979
• First Presbyterian Church1973
• First United Methodist Church1970
• Founding of the First Methodist Church1972
• George Henry Talmadge Home1978
• George Thomas McGehee House1975
• Heard-Baker House1986
• Hector Family Cemetery1999
• Ike Wood House1978
• J. H. and Abbie Barbee House2014
• James Lafayette and Eliza Pitts Malone House1996
• John F. McGehee Home1973
• John Matthew Cape House1985
• Joseph W. Earnest Home1979
• King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road1918
• Kone-Cliett House1986
• Kone-Yarbrough House1977
• La Sociedad Mutualista Cuauhtémoc2019
• Lloyd Gideon Johnson House1982
• McGehee Crossing1987
• O. T. Brown Home1981
• Old Fish Hatchery Office Building1982
• Old Main1963
• Old Storey Home1970
• Peter Cavanaugh Woods1999
• Pitts Cemetery1995
• Post San Marcos1973
• Ragsdale-Jackman-Yarbrough House1972
• Riverhead Farm2019
• Robert Early McKie House1989
• Robert Hixon Belvin Home1974
• Rylander-Kyle House2012
• San Marcos Cemetery1993
• San Marcos Mill Tract1986
• San Marcos Springs1971
• San Marcos-Blanco Cemetery1997
• San Pedro Cemetery2006
• Sanders-Grosgebauer House1992
• Sink Springs1991
• Site of Coronal Institute1969
• Site of Hays County's First Public Building1967
• Site of San Marcos National Fish Hatchery1968
• Site of the First Town of San Marcos1936
• Southside School2011
• Stringtown2017
• The Calaboose1990
• The Courthouses of Hays County1974
• The Old Lime Kiln1976
• Thompson's Island Homeplace1979
• Thompson's Islands1993
• Ulysses Cephas1989
• Wesley Chapel A. M. E. Church1992
• William W. Moon1975
• Wonder Cave1972

Historical markers near San Marcos

• Kyle19 stories · 8 mi
• Wimberley15 stories · 13 mi
• Gruene7 stories · 14 mi
• Buda12 stories · 15 mi
• New Braunfels89 stories · 16 mi
• Driftwood5 stories · 18 mi

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