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Marker Text: ​ Green DeWitt in 1825 appointed James Kerr  to select and survey the capital for DeWitt's Mexican land grant colony. Kerr named the capital Gonzales for Don Rafael Gonzales, Governor of Coahuila and Texas.
      This was central square in 49-block inner town. (1966) 

Marker No: 795

Aluminum 14 x 24 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.501329,-97.452591

Location: St. Louis Street, Gonzales