Details for Kicaster Community
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5493002937
Data
| Marker Number | 2937 |
| Atlas Number | 5493002937 |
| Marker Title | Kicaster Community |
| Index Entry | Kicaster Community |
| Address | FM 3432 |
| City | La Vernia |
| County | Wilson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 576982 |
| UTM Northing | 3242662 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1975 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From La Vernia, FM 775 southwest to FM 3432, marker is at intersection with CR 324 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | The families of Isaac Crow, R. T. Spivey, Dr. W. R. Callaway, T. P. Camp, J. E. Watkins, Isom Ferguson, L. B. Pittman, and others began a farming settlement here in the 1860s. John James donated land for a schoolhouse (1872), where church services were also held. A. C. and Mary Anderson in 1887 gave more land for public use. Easterling post office, opened in 1887, was soon renamed Kicaster for nearby creek, but closed in 1906. The school was phased out in 1940, and the churches moved away. Kicaster Cemetery, in use since the 1870s, now marks the site of the community. (1975) |