Oil and Gas
214 Texas historical markers about oil and gas, in 82 counties. Wichita, Jefferson, and Harris counties have the most.
Grouped by the subject codes the Texas Historical Commission assigns to each marker.
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Andrews County 4
- Andrews County Discovery Well 1965
- Billionth Barrel 1965 Andrews
- Florey Park 1965 Andrews
- Frankel City 1984 Frankel City
Angelina County 2
- Lufkin Foundry and Machine Company 1983 Lufkin
- W.C. Trout and the Counter-Balanced Pumping Unit 2002 Lufkin
Archer County 3
- Archer County Discovery Well 1967 Archer City
- Bridwell Park 1972 Windthorst
- Dad's Corner 1986 Holliday
Atascosa County 1
- Town of Fashing 1968 Fashing
Austin County 1
- Bellville 1999 Bellville
Bee County 1
- Town of Pettus 1968 Pettus
Bowie County 1
- Dan LaFayette McDuffie 1967 New Boston
Brazoria County 1
- W. H. Abrams Well No. 1 1977 West Columbia
Brown County 1
- Cross Cut Cemetery 1997 Brownwood vicinity
Caldwell County 2
- Edgar B. Davis, Oil Pioneer-Philanthropist 1969 Luling
- Rafael Rios No. 1 1970 Stairtown
Cameron County 1
- Pan American Airways Blind Flying School 1986 Brownsville
Carson County 4
- First Rotary Drilling Rig Used in Texas Panhandle 1993 Panhandle
- Gulf Burnett No. 2 (Carson County Oil Discovery Well) 1993 Panhandle
- Texas Panhandle Pioneers - John F. Weatherlys Family 1965 Panhandle
- White Deer 1965 White Deer
Chambers County 2
- Anahuac Oil and Gas Field 1967 Monroe City
- Barbers Hill Oil Field 1977 Mont Belvieu
Cherokee County 2
- Carey Lake-Boggy Creek Oil Field 1995 Jacksonville · Listed as missing
- Fry's Gap 2002
Cochran County 1
- Cochran County 1936 Morton
Coke County 1
- First Producing Oil Well in Coke County 1968 Silver
Colorado County 1
- First Producing Gas Well in Colorado County 1967 Garwood
Cooke County 1
- First Oil Well in Cooke County 1976 Callisburg
Crane County 2
- Church & Fields Oil Discovery Well 1978 Crane
- One Hundred Million Barrels of Oil From Block 31 Unit 1969 Crane
Crockett County 2
- Crockett County's First Producing Oil Well 1975 Ozona
- Ozona Hotel, Old 1968 Ozona
Dallas County 2
- DeGolyer House 1991 Dallas
- The Magnolia (Mobil) Building 1978 Dallas
Eastland County 5
- First Oil Well Drilled in Eastland County 1936 Ranger
- Site of J.H. McCleskey No. 1, Discovery Well of the Ranger Oil Boom 1994 Ranger
- Merriman Baptist Church 1999 Ranger vicinity
- Prairie Oil and Gas Company Housing 1983 Eastland
- Roaring Ranger 1967 Ranger
Ector County 9
- The Cable Tool Rig 1964 Odessa
- Ector County Discovery Well 1967 Penwell
- Ector County Land Rush 1965 Odessa
- Ector County's First Dry Hole 1965 Odessa
- First Compressor Transmission Engine 1970 Odessa
- Goldsmith 1965 Goldsmith
- North Cowden 1965 North Cowden
- Penwell 1965 Penwell
- Permian Basin 1964 Odessa
Erath County 2
- Lingleville 1990 Lingleville
- Thurber 1969 Thurber
Fisher County 1
- D. W. Stephens No. 1 Discovery Oil Well 1998 Roby vicinity
Freestone County 2
- William Rufus Boyd, Jr. 1968 Teague
- The Wortham Oil Boom 1972 Wortham
Gaines County 1
- Oil Industry in Gaines County 1979 Seminole
Galveston County 5
- First Texas City Refinery, The 1996 Texas City
- Galveston County, 1901 - 1965 1967 Galveston
- High Island 1996 High Island · Listed as missing
- Texas City 1993 Texas City
- Texas City Terminal Railway Company 1994 Texas City
Garza County 1
- Garza County's First Oil Well 1967 Justiceburg
Glasscock County 1
- First Commercial Oil Well in Howard County 1969 Garden City
Gregg County 10
- Allis-Chalmers Pumps 1986 Kilgore
- Big Inch Pipeline 1990 Longview
- Delta Drilling Company 1983 Longview
- Driller Park 1998 Kilgore
- Dundee Angus Ranch Home, 1859 1964 Longview
- Gregg County Discovery Oil Well, F. K. Lathrop A-1, Aransas Fuel Oil Co. 1966 Longview
- Kilgore 1965 Kilgore
- Lou Della Crim Home 1981 Kilgore
- Sabine River Off Shore Wells 2010 Longview
- World's Richest Acre 1966 Kilgore
Hardin County 1
- 200 Feet North to Site of Hardin County Discovery Well 1971 Saratoga · Listed as missing
Harris County 11
- Allen Ranch 1976 Pasadena
- City of Baytown 2018 Baytown
- City of Humble 1972 Humble
- City of Pasadena 1967 Pasadena
- Edward R. and Ann Taylor 2002 Houston
- Fondren Mansion 1989 Houston
- Humble Oil & Refining Company 1989 Baytown
- K'Nesseth Israel Synagogue 1991 Baytown
- Lambrecht's Artesian Well 1986 Humble
- Moonshine Hill 1986 Humble
- Thomas J. and Mary Donoghue House 1994 Houston
Hays County 2
- John Henry Saunders Homestead 1986 Wimberley
- Old Storey Home 1970 San Marcos
Henderson County 2
- Clinton Williams Murchison, Sr. 2013 Athens
- Sid Williams Richardson 2016 Athens
Hidalgo County 1
- Hidalgo County's First Oil Well 1968 La Joya vicinity
Hockley County 1
- First Oil Well in Hockley County 1973 Sundown · Listed as missing
Hutchinson County 2
- Ace Borger Home 1976 Borger
- Gulf Dial #1 Oil Well 2018 Stinnett
Jack County 1
- Bryson 1968 Bryson
Jasper County 1
- Thomas Holmes 1972 Call Junction
Jefferson County 11
- Early Oil Tanker Service 1968 Port Arthur
- Early Texas Oil Pipelines 1966 Port Arthur · Listed as missing
- Henry Millard 1991 Beaumont
- Holmes Duke House 1986 Beaumont
- Jacob Harmon Garner 1993 Sabine Pass
- John Warne Gates 2001 Port Arthur
- The Lucas Gusher 1936 Beaumont
- Mildred Buildings 1999 Beaumont
- The Port Arthur Refinery 2001 Port Arthur
- Spindletop to Port Arthur Oil Pipeline Corridor 2004 Port Arthur · Listed as missing
- Texas Company Refinery at Port Arthur (Port Arthur Works) 2000 Port Arthur
Kleberg County 1
- First Producing Gas Well in Kleberg County 1974 Kingsville
Limestone County 2
- Home County of Lafayette Lumpkin Foster 1966 Groesbeck
- Mexia Oil Boom 1967 Mexia
Lubbock County 1
- County Line Community 2019 Shallowater
Madison County 1
- Jubal Richard Parten 2017 Madisonville
Matagorda County 1
- Clemville 2001 Markham vicinity
McMullen County 2
Midland County 2
- Midland County's First Producing Oil Well 2005 Midland · Listed as missing
- The Petroleum Building 1982 Midland
Mitchell County 4
- Col-Tex Refinery 2011 Colorado City
- Coleman Ranch Field Discovery Well 1983 Westbrook
- Permian Basin Discovery Well 1967 Westbrook
- T&P No. 1 - W.H. Abrams No. 1 Discovery Well of the Permian Basin 1996 Westbrook · Listed as missing
Montague County 1
Montgomery County 4
- Conroe 1966 Conroe
- Conroe Oil Field 1967 Conroe
- Crater Hill 1995 Conroe · Listed as missing
- The W. A. "Bay" Evans Home 1984 Conroe
Moore County 1
- Geological Riches of Moore County 1970 Dumas
Motley County 1
- Bob's Oil Well 2004 Matador
Nacogdoches County 4
- 100th Anniversary of Oil in Nacogdoches County 1966 Nacogdoches
- Oil Springs, Texas First Oil Well 1967 Nacogdoches
- Pioneer Texas Oil Man: Lyne Taliaferro Barret 1966 Melrose
- Tol Barret House 1981 Nacogdoches
Nueces County 1
- Casa Blanca Land Grant 1988 Banquete
Orange County 2
- Leonard Frederick Benckenstein 1984 Orange
- Orangefield 2012 Orange
Pecos County 2
- Marathon Oil Company Discovery Well 1966 Iraan
- Oil and Gas Industry in Pecos County 1973 Ft. Stockton
Potter County 2
- Dr. Charles Newton Gould 1967 Amarillo · Listed as missing
- General Ernest O. Thompson 1966 Amarillo
Reagan County 4
- John H. Reagan 1966 Big Lake
- John H. Reagan 1963 Big Lake
- Santa Rita No. 1 1965 Big Lake
- Town of Texon 1977 Big Lake
Rusk County 2
- Joiner No. 3 Daisy Bradford 1965 Henderson
- Lou Della Crim No. 1 1987 Laird Hill
San Patricio County 1
- Plymouth Oil Company and Plymouth Oilers 1991 Stinton
Scurry County 4
- City of Snyder 1966 Snyder
- J. J. Moore No. 1 Oil Well 1966 Snyder
- Scurry County's Billionth Barrel of Oil 1975 Snyder
- Scurry County's Canyon Reef Oil Field 1967 Snyder
Shackelford County 3
- Cook Ranch Oil Field Albany
- Cottle No.1, First Gas Well in Shackelford County 1974 Moran
- Ibex 2013 Albany
Stephens County 3
- Breckenridge Stephens Walker Home 1984 Breckenridge
- Gunsight Community 1994 Breckenridge
- Parks Camp 1990 Breckenridge
Tarrant County 3
- Cable Tool Rig 1966 Arlington
- Sinclair Building 1993 Fort Worth
- Thomas G. & Marjorie Shaw House 1993 Fort Worth
Taylor County 1
- First Exploratory Oil Well in Taylor County 2009 Abilene
Travis County 1
- The Railroad Commission of Texas 1966 Austin
Upshur County 1
- Upshur County Discovery Well 1967 Union Grove
Upton County 9
- The Benedum Oil Field and Benedum Townsite 1965 Rankin
- Early Humble Camp in Permian Basin 1967 McCamey
- First State Bank of Rankin 1977 Rankin
- King Mountain 1968 McCamey
- McCamey 1964 McCamey
- Rattlesnake Butte 1967 McCamey
- Rodman-Noel Oil Field 1964 Rankin
- Weir No. 1 Oil Well 1964 Rankin
- Yates Hotel 1964 Rankin
Van Zandt County 3
- Jarman No. 1 Discovery Well 1986 Van
- Pure Oil Company Camp 2009 Van
- Railroad Spur Line to Van Oil Field 2022 Van
Victoria County 1
- Home County of William Pinckney McLean 1966 Victoria
Ward County 1
- Million Barrel Tank 1988 Monahans
Webb County 2
- Oliver Winfield Killam Mirando City
- Radcliffe Killam 2011 Laredo
Wharton County 1
- Boling 1996 Boling
Wheeler County 1
- Tower Building 1994 Shamrock
Wichita County 16
- Bridgetown 1977 Burkburnett
- Burkburnett ("Boomtown USA") 1966 Burkburnett
- Charley Lee Coe 2012 Burkburnett
- Clayco #1 Oil Well Electra
- Fowler Discovery Well 2004 Burkburnett
- John Hart Wilson 2010 Wichita Falls
- Joseph Sterling Bridwell 2012 Wichita Falls
- Kadane Discovery Well 1978 Electra
- Northwest Extension Oilfield 2005 Burkburnett
- O'Donohoe, John F. 2003 Wichita Falls
- Ralph Harvey Jr. 2021 Wichita Falls
- Samuel Burk Burnett 1991 Burkburnett
- Thrift 1977 Burkburnett vicinity
- Town of Iowa Park 1969 Iowa Park
- Weeks Mansion 1978 Wichita Falls
- Site of Wichita Valley Refinery and Texas Oklahoma Fair 1996 Iowa Park
Wilbarger County 1
- Waggoner-Hicks House 1988 Vernon
Wilson County 1
- Linne Oil Field 2006 Sutherland Springs
Winkler County 4
- Old Duval Townsite 1968 Kermit
- Moorhead Cable Tool Rig 1966 Kermit
- Old Wink Cemetery 1964 Wink
- Winkler County Discovery Well 1972 Winkler
Wise County 2
- Charles Vernon Terrell 1972 Decatur
- General Ernest O. Thompson 1972 Alvord
Yoakum County 1
- Discovery Well in the Wasson Field 1981 Denver City