Gonzales County Historical Markers
Gonzales County has 132 Texas historical markers across 12 towns and communities. 24 of them mark Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The earliest went up in 1932.
- Markers
- 132
- Mapped
- 116
- Landmarks
- 24
1 listed by the THC as missing
Common subjects here: Military History, Texas Revolution and the Republic, Cemeteries, Churches and Congregations, Historic Homes, Towns and Communities
Gonzales 92
- 1834 Homesite of Capt. and Mrs. Almaron Dickinson 1969
- African American Education in Gonzales 1997
- Amasa Turner 1962
- Andrew Ponton 1936
- Andrew Ponton 2003
- Andrew Zumwalt 1936
- Augustus H. Jones 1962
- Battle of Gonzales 1964
- Bennet Valentine 1962
- Brown House 1963
- Bunting Family Cemetery 2004
- Campsite Marking Start of San Jacinto Campaign 1969
- Captain Philip Coe 1936
- Cemetery Square 1966
- Central Square 1966
- Charles Mason 1962
- Charles T. Rather House 1975
- Chenault House (DEMOLISHED) 1962
- Church Square 1966
- David Burkett 1966
- David L. Kokernot 1962
- Dikes Family Cemetery 1971
- Dr. John Turner Tinsley 2004
- Duncan's Ferry (on San Marcos River) 1971
- Ebenezer Cemetery 1988
- Edward Dickinson 1962
- The Eggleston House 1962
- Old Eighteen 1936
- Eli Mitchell 1962
- Episcopal Church of the Messiah 1981
- First Baptist Church of Gonzales 1997
- First Methodist Church of Gonzales 1991
- First Shot of the Texas Revolution 1936
- Fleming T. Wells 1962
- Fort Waul 1988
- Gates Cemetery 2002
- Gonzales Cannon 1936
- Gonzales Cannon Burial Site 1936
- Gonzales Cannon Dispute, Site of 1936
- Gonzales City Cemetery 1966
- Gonzales College 1962
- Gonzales County Jail 1966
- Gonzales Courthouse 1966
- Gonzales Memorial Museum and Amphitheatre 2003
- Green Dewitt Cemetery 2002
- Greenwood Cemetery 1999
- Holmes Hospital 1984
- Site of Hopkinsville 1969
- Hutson B. Littlefield 1962
- The Immortal 32 1936
- Indian Fort, Site of 1966
- J. H. and Emily Boothe House 2023
- J. W. and Nannie C. Bailey House 1996
- Jail Square 1966
- James D. Owens 1962
- James Hodges, Sr. 1990
- James W. Robinson 1966
- Jesse Kencheloe Davis 1936
- Jewish Cemetery 2002
- John Fauth House 1965
- Kennard House 1967
- Kerr's Creek 1966
- Kerr's Settlement 1964
- King Cemetery 2012
- Market Square 1966
- Masonic Cemetery 2002
- Military Plaza 1966
- Oak Forest Bridge 2004
- Odd Fellows Cemetery 2002
- Pilgrim Cemetery 2002
- The Pilgrim Home 1965
- Pilgrim Presbyterian Church 1982
- Plaza 1966
- The Presbyterian Church of Gonzales 2002
- Reese Family Home (DEMOLISHED) 1962
- Remschel House 1997
- River Crossing 1964
- Riverside School 2018
- Route of Gen. Sam Houston to San Jacinto 1969
- Route of Old Chisholm Trail 1969
- Sam Houston's Camp
- Santa Anna Mound 1936
- Sarah Seely Dewitt 1936
- St. James Missionary Baptist Church 2022
- Steen Cemetery 2000
- Terryville Community 2022
- Two Miles North to Site of Maurin Quarry 1969 Listed as missing
- Waelder City Cemetery 2019
- Wells Home 1964
- William A. Matthews 1962
- William B. and Sue J. Houston House 2003
- Women of the Confederacy 1964
Nixon 8
- Bundick Cemetery 1999
- Dewville United Methodist Church 1986
- First Baptist Church of Nixon 1994
- Harris Chapel - Rising Star Cemetery 2022
- Nixon 2010
- Rancho 2010
- Sandies Chapel Cemetery 1986
- Sandies-Dewville Community 1986
Waelder 8
- Branecky School 2008
- Hopkinsville Lodge No. 183, A.F. & A.M. 1978
- Leander C. Cunningham 1936
- Miller's Store 1968
- Mt. Eden Community 2023
- Ralph Bunche High School 2023
- Saturn Cemetery 2010
- The Town of Waelder 1968
Harwood 3
Smiley 3
Leesville 2
- Leesville Baptist Church 1976
- Leesville School 1982
Wrightsboro 2
- Community of Wrightsboro 1971
- Mitchel Putnam 1962
Belmont 1
- William B. Fleming 2014
Cost 1
- Site of Cost School 2006
Dewville 1
Ottine 1
- Ottine Cemetery 2002
Pilgrim 1
- Community of Pilgrim 1971
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