Site of Estacado
A town founded in 1879 by a colony of English Quakers under the leadership of Isaac Paris Cox who purchased for them 82 sections of land. The town, first named Marietta in honor of Mary Cox, wife of the leader, was renamed Estacado in 1886 when Crosby County was organized. By 1893 the colony had disintegrated. Moved in 1895 to Galveston County. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
33.7521° N, 101.5624° W
Where to Find It
southwest of intersection of FM 1527 and CR 101
Nearby Markers
- 1.1 mi S Estacado Cemetery Lorenzo
- 4.2 mi S Lorenzo Cemetery Lorenzo
- 4.8 mi NW Becton Cemetery Idalou
- 5.9 mi S Lorenzo Lorenzo
- 6.4 mi E Farmer Community Cone vicinity
- 7.4 mi SW Idalou Cemetery Idalou