Old Moulton

L
A
V
A
C
A

C
O
U
N
T
​Y ​

Marker Text: ​At this point was center of original town of Moulton (named, according to tradition, by a man from Moulton, Alabama).
    First postmaster was James Walker (1856). Town gained statewide fame for the Moulton Institute operated 1874-1895 by Melvin H. Allis, M. A., and wife, Thankful ("Aunt Thank"). On the faculty was an outstanding teacher of music, Miss Sallie McLean.
    In 1887, San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad built its line two miles to the east, so town gradually moved there.
​  Old Moulton Cemetery is one mile to the southeast. (1967) 

Marker No: 3771

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​29° 35.252′ N, 97° 10.59′ W

Location: Intersection of Farm to Market Road 1680 and County Highway 287.