Jefferson County Historical Markers
Jefferson County has 146 Texas historical markers across 10 towns and communities. 25 of them mark Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The earliest went up in 1936.
- Markers
- 146
- Mapped
- 135
- Landmarks
- 25
4 listed by the THC as missing
Common subjects here: Churches and Congregations, Military History, Historic Homes, Pioneers and Early Settlers, Women's History, Civil War
Beaumont 65
- Andrew F. Smyth 1962
- Aubrey Wilson "Moon" Mullican 2012
- Beaumont 1967
- Beaumont 1967
- Beaumont Enterprise 1984
- Beaumont: Lumber Mill City of the Nineteenth Century 1977
- Blanchette Cemetery 2025
- Blind Willie Johnson 2010
- C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers Home 2021
- Caroline Gilbert Hinchee House 1982
- Central Fire Station 1983
- City of Beaumont 1936
- The Clubhouse, The Woman's Club of Beaumont 1981
- Site of Collier's Ferry 1968
- Congregation Temple Emanuel 1990
- Dr. Charles F. L. N. Graham 1991
- Evergreen Cemetery 2001
- First Baptist Church of Beaumont 1976
- First Christian Church of Beaumont 1994
- First National Bank Building 1989
- First Security National Bank 1966
- First United Methodist Church of Beaumont 1973
- French Trading Post 1970
- George O'Brien Millard 2023
- Harry James' Childhood Homesite 2012
- Henry Millard 1991
- Holmes Duke House 1986
- Site of the Home of Noah Tevis 1936
- J.P. Richardson, Jr: The Big Bopper 2005
- Jean Baptiste Chaison 1976
- Jefferson County Courthouse 1980
- Jefferson Theatre 1978
- The Lucas Gusher 1936
- Magnolia Cemetery 1986
- Magnolia Cemetery 2024
- Magnolia Missionary Baptist Church 2012
- The Mayumi Legacy 2005
- McFaddin-Ward House 1976
- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias 1968
- Mildred Buildings 1999
- Nancy Tevis 1976
- North End Methodist Church 2012
- Pandit Mehar Chand 2023
- Pear Orchard Cemetery 2024
- Police Chief Reid Tevis 1967
- Port of Beaumont 1986
- Prater Cemetery 2010
- Saint Anthony's Cathedral 1980
- Sanders House 1982
- Site of Santa Anna 1992
- South Park High School 1988
- Spell Cemetery 1988
- Site of Spindle Top Hill Confederate Camp 1936
- Sprott Hospital 2023
- Temple to the Brave 2023
- Texas' First Rice Mill 1968
- Travis Street Substation 1983
- Tyrrell Public Library 1976
- West Beulah Missionary Baptist Church 2014
- Westminster Presbyterian Church of Beaumont 1979
- William G. "Bill" Hall 2020
- William McFaddin 1966
- The Woman's Club of Beaumont 1981
- Young Men's Christian Association of Beaumont 1979
- Young Woman's Christian Association of Beaumont 1980
Port Arthur 38
- Arthur Edward Stilwell 1994
- Birthplace of Babe Didrikson Zaharias 1979
- Clubhouse of the Federated Women's Clubs of Port Arthur 1982
- Community Retirement Home 2012
- Early Oil Tanker Service 1968
- Early Texas Oil Pipelines 1966 Listed as missing
- Ellwood-Craig House 1973
- Federated Women's Clubs of Port Arthur 1981
- Francis John (Frank) Trost (June 24, 1868 - August 4, 1944) 2001
- Gates Memorial Library 1981
- Gates Memorial Library 1981
- Harry Henry Choates 2007
- The Hughen School 2010
- Israel Chapel A. M. E. Church 1993
- Janis Lyn Joplin 2007
- John Warne Gates 2001
- The Kansas City Southern Railway in Port Arthur 2009
- Lakeshore/Lions Park 1991 Listed as missing
- Morris-Booz-White House 1988
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church 1999
- Site of Old Aurora 1966
- Pompeiian Villa 1973
- Port Arthur College 2008
- Port Arthur College Radio Tower 1988
- The Port Arthur Refinery 2001
- Port Arthur-Beaumont Interurban Railway 2001
- Rainbow Bridge 1990
- Rock Island Baptist Church 2011
- Ruby Ruth Fuller Building 2009
- Sabine-Neches Canal 2007
- South County Office Building 1989
- Southeast Texas Regional Airport 2007
- Sparks Settlement Cemetery 1989
- Spindletop to Port Arthur Oil Pipeline Corridor 2004 Listed as missing
- St. Paul United Methodist Church 2017
- Texas Company Refinery at Port Arthur (Port Arthur Works) 2000
- Vuylsteke House 1996
- The Woodworth House 1978
Sabine Pass 21
- 1886 Hurricane at Sabine Pass 2001
- Beach Road 2007
- Benjamin Johnson 1972
- Capture of the USS Morning Light and USS Velocity 2006
- City of Sabine and Sabine Pass 1989
- Commodore Leon Smith 2004
- Federal Fatalities at the Battle of Sabine Pass 1980
- Site of Fort Griffin 1969
- Fort Manhassett 1991
- Fort Sabine 2013
- Jacob Harmon Garner 1993
- Kate Dorman 1990
- Kate Dorman 1997
- Niles F. Smith 1994
- Richard Dowling 1936
- Sabine Pass Cemetery 1999
- Spaight's 11th Battalion 1990
- Spanish-American War Fortifications 1983
- United States Forces at the Battle of Sabine Pass 1980
- Visit Historic Sabine Pass 1969 Listed as missing
- World War II Coastal Defenses at Sabine Pass 2003
Nederland 5
Port Neches 5
China 3
Hamshire 3
- Arceneaux House 1966
- Boudreaux House 1966
- Hamshire House 1966
Groves 2
Nome 2
Fannett 1
- Leo Edward Craigen 1980
Elsewhere in Jefferson County 1
- O'Brien Oak 1965
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