Lampasas County, Texas

Historical Markers in Adamsville, Texas

Adamsville has 7 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Lampasas County. The marker list includes records dating to 1963. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.

What you will find in Adamsville

  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Railroad, trail, and transportation history
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites
  • Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses

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John Patterson House · 1964

Built 1879-1880 by John Patterson, first man to cultivate (in 1854) land in county, and a Minute Man during Civil War. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965

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Townsen's Mill · 1964

Built on Mill Branch in 1872, Perry and Jasper Townsen's steam mill cut "rawhide" lumber and ground wheat and corn. Post office established 1881 moved in 1891 to Adamsville store of John Adams and The Rev. McCall Smith.…

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United Presbyterian Church of Adamsville · 1979

In late 1880, The Rev. McCall Smith and 19 charter members met in the home of L. Jasper and Mary Ann Townsen. They organized the Pleasant Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church and held services in a schoolhouse or under…

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Adamsville · 2011

The first permanent settlers came to this area shortly before Lampasas County organized in 1856. Oliver Hazzard Perry Townsen bought 640 acres from Samuel Horrell, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth in 1868. Townsen grew wheat…

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Townsen Cemetery · 2017

The first Townsen to arrive in Texas was Oliver Hazard Perry Townsen, known as Uncle Perry, in 1854. He was born in Carroll County, Tennessee, on October 20, 1826. A year after his arrival in Texas, his nephew,…

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