Town of
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Marker Text: ​Settled in 1837 in area then part of Burleson County; named for Massachusetts town where the American Revolution began.
    First inhabitants of the area were Tonkawa Indians. The first white settler was James Shaw (1808-1879), a young surveyor and teacher from Ohio. He received a land grant for service in 1836 in the Battle of San Jacinto.
    He settled here, 1837, and set up first post office at nearby String Prairie community, 1849.
​    Although early cotton industry declined, the town revived, 1890, when San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad reached here. (1969) 

Marker No: 8167

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.411774,-97.009399

Location: Central Park, downtown Lexington at 3rd and Wheatley Streets, near gazebo