Milam County, Texas
Burlington is home to 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Irish Catholic settlers first came to this area in 1875. The community, first called Irish Settlement, was served by visiting priests beginning in 1879. Eight families joined together in 1885 to build a church, which…
View on map ↗Members of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burlington established this cemetery in 1917. Land for the cemetery once belonged to Michael and John Jones, founders of the town of Burlington. The church purchased…
View on map ↗St. Michael’s Cemetery is a link to the early Irish Catholic settler and parishioners of St. Michael’s Catholic Church of Burlington, formerly known as Waterford. In December 1876, brothers John and Michael Jones…
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