Details for Live Oak County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5297003104
Data
| Marker Number | 3104 |
| Atlas Number | 5297003104 |
| Marker Title | Live Oak County |
| Index Entry | Live Oak County |
| Address | US 281, s. of George West |
| City | George West |
| County | Live Oak |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 586903 |
| UTM Northing | 3131674 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from George West take US 281 south about 1.4 miles south marker is on east side of highway |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | Created by legislature Feb. 2, 1856, and organized August 4 with Oakville as county seat. Formed from San Patricio and Nueces Counties. Named for its Live Oak trees. County seat moved, 1919, to George West on railroad. Center for ranching, farming, petroleum production and processing. Recreation areas include Tips State Park and Lake Corpus Christi. Historic sites are Fort Ramirez, first settlement; Fort Merrill, built 1850 to protect early settlers; Brownsville-San Antonio Oxcart Road, used by general Santa Anna on the way to the Alamo. Other sites marked. |