Bastrop County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY- 137
Have - 124 Need - 13
Bastrop County is named for Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop who worked with Stephen F. Austin to obtain land grants. The county seat is the town of Bastrop.
We started taking pictures of historical markers in 2005 and Bastrop County was one of the first countys we targeted to try and capture the entire counties markers. This has not proved to be as easy as it sounds. We live in Round Rock so it's easy to do the necessary repeat visits. In fact, for many people Bastrop County has become an extension of greater Austin, luckily it has retained a small small-town feel. Elgin is the biggest city in Bastrop County through Bastrop has the majority of markers. This is largely due to the numerous gorgeous old houses many of which are also on the National Register for Historic Places. One of our first trips to Bastrop we stayed in the bed and breakfast that was perfectly situated to walk to many of the above-mentioned homes. It was an extremely windy and somewhat wet weekend. In our experience, bed-and-breakfasts tend to be hit or miss, this one was a miss. The lower level of the house was the guest quarters, the owners lived on the second story with five large dogs, so despite the Glade plug-ins in every room, the house had an underlying smell of wet dog. The remote for the tv in our bedroom did not work and on Sunday morning we actually had to go to another bed-and-breakfast for breakfast. This was the beginning of our relationship with Bastrop County. It was a successful visit for the markers in town even though until recently I had I hadn't realized I had confused the names of the houses with medallions only, which was an embarrassing discovery. We weren't as organized back then as we are now. Bastrop County has proved challenging. It has a lot of markers on private property, these as I have said before take time and research to gain permission to visit. Texas law says that owners must give the general public access to cemeteries on their properties and we have found most landowners would are more than likely to grant access even without this law, that is if you can find out who the said owner is and if the cemetery is actually still accessible. The owner of the land on which the William B. Standifer marker stands however will not only not grant access, the neighbors from who's property the marker is visible are so concerned about causing friction that they also reluctantly declined. I have yet to see a picture of the Jonathan Burleson marker and have yet to visit the Blakely Cemetery to look for the small pink granite marker. It was actually in Bastrop County that we were introduced to the small pink granite memorial markers which in a large cemetery can be incredibly difficult to spot, thus it took several visits to Fairview Cemetery before we located Jesse Haldeman and Campbell Taylor. |
Two markers that have been confirmed missing on the marker for Elgin of the Site of and Early Fort of Bastrop County. I have written to the historical commission of Bastrop to see if there are any plans to reinstate these markers but I don't believe the are as they have been gone for many years. The one marker that is still a mystery in that I have no information to its existence than when we first started looking over ten years ago is for the Sayers-Walton Ranch House. So if anyone knows anything about this property we would love to hear from you.
There is work to do, in that there a couple of new markers, an Old San Antonio Road, a couple of old markers still to capture, and a visit to the Old Rock Store in McDade in is order because the medallion and plate are inside the museum. It's not a hardship to revisit this county because there are several great restaurants and while becoming more built up it still feels like you are in the county. March 31st, 2018- There is no real new information regarding the markers we still need. I did discover I had some errors and some missing pictures, so I am glad I looked through the county. I did notice the second Elgin marker has been dropped from the Texas historic atlas, so my guess is no plans to replace this marker.
August 9th, 2020 - We ran down to Bastrop to capture the Confederate Monument before it is removed. We are trying to represent as complete a list of historical markers as possible.
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Abram Wiley Hill
Addison Litton
Aldridge - Fitzwilliam Home
Allen - Fowler House
Alum Creek Cemetery
Antioch Cemetery
Baron de Bastrop Monument
Bastrop County
Bastrop Christian Church
Bastrop County Courthouse
Bastrop County Jail
Bastrop Methodist Church
Bastrop Opera House
B. D. Orgain House
Brooks - Wilbarger House
Burger House
Calvary Episcopal Church
Campbell Taylor
Camp Swift
Captain James Burleson
Captain John Campbell Hunt
Chancellor House
City of Elgin
Claiborne Cemetery
Colonel F. C. Higgins Home
Confederate Monument
Crocheron - McDowall House
D. O. Hill House
Dr. I. F. Nofsinger House
Dr. Sayers' Office
Early History of the City of Bastrop
Elgin
Elgin Cemetery
Elgin Christian Church
Elgin Lodge No. 328, A.F. & A.M.
Elgin Methodist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Felipe Enrique Neri Baron de Bastrop
First Baptist Church of Bastrop
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Smithville
First Methodist Church of Smithville
First National Bank of Bastrop
First Presbyterian Church of Elgin
Governor J. D. Sayers
Governor Sayers House
Grassyville Cemetery
Haralson House
Hartford Jenkins House
Henry Mordoff
Henry N. Bell House
Home Town of Texas Confederate Major Joseph D. Sayers
H. N. (Man) Bell
H. P. Luckett House
Hubbard - Trigg House
Jesse Halderman
John Herron
John Holland Jenkins
John Socrates Darling
Jonathan Burleson
Jourdan Smith
Julia Dickinson Allen
Jung - Pearcy House
Kesselus Building
Kleinert Building
Kleinert - Hoppe House
Klockman - Elzner Home
Leshikar House
Lost Pines of Texas
Margaret Chambers Home
Martin Walker
Mary Christian Burleson Cemetery
McDade
McDade Baptist Church
Meeks - Maynard Cabin
Miller - Gillum House
Mina - Bastrop Pioneers Home
Mina Ward Mexican School
Mrs. R. T. P. Allen
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Murray Burleson Home
New Red Rock Cemetery
Nicholas W. Eastland
Old Bastrop Academy Bell
Old Cornelson - Fehr House
Old Red Rock Cemetery
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Pfeiffer Home
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
P. O. Elzner House
Primera Baptist Church
Rabb House
Rev. Benjamin F. Fry
Richard J. and Annie Brieger House
Ridgeway Cemetery
R. L. Perkins Home
Robert Love Reding
Rock Front Saloon, 1870
Rockne
Rural Farms and Communities before Camp Swift
Samuel Wolfenberger
Samuel Wolfenberger
Sayers - Walton Ranch House
Scottie Chambliss Jenkins House
Siloah Cemetery
Site of Bastrop Military Institute
Site of Confederate Arms Factory
Site of Early Bastrop County Fort
Site of the Home of Col. Robert Coleman
Smithville
Stephen Scallorn
The A. A. Erhard House
The Bastrop Advertiser
The CCC at Bastrop State Park
The Gotier Trace
The Old Jenkins Home
Thomas H. Mays
Thomas Osborn
Three Oaks (Goerlitz) Cemetery
Trigg Home (Henry E. McGehee House)
Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Wallace - Holme House
West End Park
White - Turner House
Wilbarger Bend
Wiley Hill House
William B. Stanifer
William Dunbar
William Redfield
Yerger - Hill Family Home
Young School House and Cemetery
Addison Litton
Aldridge - Fitzwilliam Home
Allen - Fowler House
Alum Creek Cemetery
Antioch Cemetery
Baron de Bastrop Monument
Bastrop County
Bastrop Christian Church
Bastrop County Courthouse
Bastrop County Jail
Bastrop Methodist Church
Bastrop Opera House
B. D. Orgain House
Brooks - Wilbarger House
Burger House
Calvary Episcopal Church
Campbell Taylor
Camp Swift
Captain James Burleson
Captain John Campbell Hunt
Chancellor House
City of Elgin
Claiborne Cemetery
Colonel F. C. Higgins Home
Confederate Monument
Crocheron - McDowall House
D. O. Hill House
Dr. I. F. Nofsinger House
Dr. Sayers' Office
Early History of the City of Bastrop
Elgin
Elgin Cemetery
Elgin Christian Church
Elgin Lodge No. 328, A.F. & A.M.
Elgin Methodist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Felipe Enrique Neri Baron de Bastrop
First Baptist Church of Bastrop
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Smithville
First Methodist Church of Smithville
First National Bank of Bastrop
First Presbyterian Church of Elgin
Governor J. D. Sayers
Governor Sayers House
Grassyville Cemetery
Haralson House
Hartford Jenkins House
Henry Mordoff
Henry N. Bell House
Home Town of Texas Confederate Major Joseph D. Sayers
H. N. (Man) Bell
H. P. Luckett House
Hubbard - Trigg House
Jesse Halderman
John Herron
John Holland Jenkins
John Socrates Darling
Jonathan Burleson
Jourdan Smith
Julia Dickinson Allen
Jung - Pearcy House
Kesselus Building
Kleinert Building
Kleinert - Hoppe House
Klockman - Elzner Home
Leshikar House
Lost Pines of Texas
Margaret Chambers Home
Martin Walker
Mary Christian Burleson Cemetery
McDade
McDade Baptist Church
Meeks - Maynard Cabin
Miller - Gillum House
Mina - Bastrop Pioneers Home
Mina Ward Mexican School
Mrs. R. T. P. Allen
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Murray Burleson Home
New Red Rock Cemetery
Nicholas W. Eastland
Old Bastrop Academy Bell
Old Cornelson - Fehr House
Old Red Rock Cemetery
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Old San Antonio Road
Pfeiffer Home
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
P. O. Elzner House
Primera Baptist Church
Rabb House
Rev. Benjamin F. Fry
Richard J. and Annie Brieger House
Ridgeway Cemetery
R. L. Perkins Home
Robert Love Reding
Rock Front Saloon, 1870
Rockne
Rural Farms and Communities before Camp Swift
Samuel Wolfenberger
Samuel Wolfenberger
Sayers - Walton Ranch House
Scottie Chambliss Jenkins House
Siloah Cemetery
Site of Bastrop Military Institute
Site of Confederate Arms Factory
Site of Early Bastrop County Fort
Site of the Home of Col. Robert Coleman
Smithville
Stephen Scallorn
The A. A. Erhard House
The Bastrop Advertiser
The CCC at Bastrop State Park
The Gotier Trace
The Old Jenkins Home
Thomas H. Mays
Thomas Osborn
Three Oaks (Goerlitz) Cemetery
Trigg Home (Henry E. McGehee House)
Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Wallace - Holme House
West End Park
White - Turner House
Wilbarger Bend
Wiley Hill House
William B. Stanifer
William Dunbar
William Redfield
Yerger - Hill Family Home
Young School House and Cemetery