Austin County Historical Markers

NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 124
Have -86  Need-38
        Named for the "Father of Texas" Stephen F. Austin which seems appropriate as it is said the only home he ever owned was in San Felipe, where a centennial marker marks the spot. The county seat is Bellville but the biggest town is Sealy. Our niece Kim and her family are looking to move out this way in an effort to escape Houston. I can understand why, as it is very pretty part of Texas and it feels like you are in the country and yet it is not far from Houston or even Austin for that matter. 
   It's been a while since we were in Austin County and I was trying to remember if we had stayed here so I posed he question to Steve, his reply was "all I remember about Austin County is it has a lot of cemeteries that I can't get to. Unfortunately this is not too far from the truth this county has the most private cemeteries with historical markers of any county we have been too thus far and there are more added each year. There are also many other markers attached to houses and sites that are also on private property. We could spend another week here without getting close to completing the Austin County set.  
     
There is another anomaly in this county. Markers often appear in the Texas Historical Marker Atlas long before they are actually dedicated and sometimes fail to materialize at all, as with the marker for Peters-Haciendra Community Hall pictured opposite. 
   Austin County has a very active historical commission and Grace Holtkamp and Joy Neely who have been members for many years have been very helpful with all my many questions. I don't know of any particular markers being missing and I'm not going even start talking about all the markers we have tried to get to but have not yet succeeded, it's really just time to take another stab at it. ​
26th May, 2018 -  Of the 38 markers we have left in Austin 22 of them are on private property, it is, as I've said before one of the more challenging counties. We did visit last year in August and collected a few of the newer markers but it was a flying trip on the way home from Houston and didn't allow for private property which take a lot more time. I would love to take a couple of days and give it the time it requires, through this is not Steve's favorite part of our "little "hobby. 
Alexander Glenn Family Graveyard
Austin County
Austin County Jail
Bellville
Bellville Concordia 
Bellville General Hospital
Bellville Turnverein Pavilion
Buckhorn Cemetery
Charles Fortran
Citizens State Bank
Concord Cemetery
Coshatte Cemetery
Cumings Family Vault
Dabney Family Home
David Shelby
Dr. James West Bostick
Early History of Bellville Methodist Church
Early Roads to San Felipe
Education in Industry
Elemelech Swearingen
Engelking Cemetery
E. O. Finn Building
First Czech Immigrants in Texas
First National Bank of Bellville
Fisches Park
Frank Cemetery
Friedrich Ernst
Frnka Family Cemetery
Frydek Catholic Cemetery
Guardian Angel Catholic Church
Hackbarth Building
Hackfield Farm
Hartsville Cemetery
Haynes-Felcman House
Haynes Mattress Factory
Haynie-Embrey House
Henninger Family Cemetery
Hess-Kollatschny Farm House
Hill House
Industry
Industry Brethren Church Cemetery
Industry Cotton Gin
Industry Methodist Church
​Industry Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Industry Post Office
Industry State Bank
Industry United Methodist Cemetery
James Bradford Pier
J. J. Josey General Store
Joachim H. Hintz
John Bell Lewis Home
John Friedrich Ernst, Jr. 
John Reichle General Merchandise (Welcome Store)
John Shelburne Cemetery
John Wesley Kenney
Josef Ludumil Leshikar
Joseph L. Leshikar House
Josey Store Museum 
L.A. and Adelheid Machemehl House
Lambert House
Liedertafel
Lindemann Store
Lindemann-Ott House
Machemehl Cemetery
Magruger-Cannon-Bryan Home
Martin Allen 
Mary Theresa Juergens
McGregor Cemetery (Scottish Presbyterian Cemetery)
Meinecke Cemetery
Michael Robert Pilley
Millhelm Harmonie Verein
Montgomery Cemetery
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
New Ulm Cemetery
Oak Knoll Cemetery
Old Travis Cemetery
Original Site of St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Paul and Mahala Hackbarth House
Peters-Hacienda Community Hall
Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
Pitts Place
Preibisch Building
Replica of Stephen F. Austin's Cabin
Saint John's Episcopal Church 
Saint Paul Lutheran Church
Sam Houston's Camp West of the Brazos
Samuel Chapel Cemetery
Samuel Shelburne Cemetery
San Felipe Church
San Felipe de Austin
San Felipe Cemetery
​San Felipe Town Hall 
San Felipe United Methodist Church
Sealy
Sealy Cemetery
Sealy News Building
Sherwood Y. Reamos
Shelburne-Reinecker House
Site of First Bellville Masonic Lodge Building
Site of Only Home Owned in Texas by Stephen F. Austin
Site of Town of New Ulm
Star Hill Cemetery
Stephen F. Austin
St. John Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery-Phillipsburg
The Harigel House
The Old Roesler Place
Town Hall
Town of Cat Spring
Town of Shelby
Travis-Pier Cemetery
Trinity Lutheran Church
Vanderwerth Family Cemetery
Waddell-Dudensing-Bering Home
Wallis Cemetery
Wallis Methodist Church
Wallis State Bank
Welcome Lutheran Church
William Henry and Lydia Ann English Guyler
William Shelburne Cemetery
Witte-Schmid Cemetery
Witte-Schmid House