Duval County, Texas

Historical Markers in Benavides, Texas

Benavides has 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Duval County. The marker list includes records dating to 2010. 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 Benavides

  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Railroad, trail, and transportation history
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses
  • Oil, industry, and railroad-era commerce

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La Mota de Olmos Cemetery · 2010

Begun in 1894, the La Mota de Olmos Cemetery sits on land originally part of the Rancho La Mota de Olmos (The Cluster of Elms). The ranch, settled by the Bazan family, was founded by Francisco Bazan Villarreal, a native…

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Merchants Exchange Bank · 2015

Francisco Vaello Puig opened the Merchants Exchange Bank in Benavides in 1908. With the success of the Texas Mexican Railroad and the discovery of oil reservoirs, Benavides became a thriving small railroad town with a…

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Antonio López Family Cemetery · 2019

In continuous use since 1903, this cemetery is the final resting place of Rancho San José founder José Antonio Lopéz (1830-1903), known as Antonio, along with generations of his descendants and their families. Antonio…

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