| Marker Number |
4779 |
| Atlas Number |
5107004779 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Estacado |
| Index Entry |
Estacado |
| Address |
|
| City |
Lorenzo |
| County |
Crosby |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
262728 |
| UTM Northing |
3737402 |
| Subject Codes |
land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; ghost towns |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
southwest of intersection of FM 1527 and CR 101 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
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 |
