Nacogdoches County, Texas
Chireno is home to 4 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.
This two-story log dwelling was built on the El Camino Real about 1840 by Samuel Flournoy for his wife Minerva (Wadington) and their family who moved to Texas from Mississippi. They settled in the Chireno area, where…
View on map ↗Built about 1895. Victorian architecture. Heart pine and other fine materials used, including brass hardware. Many porches; carved skirt, fascia and cornice boards. Other ornate trim details. Restored by the C. V.…
View on map ↗During World War II, the Frost Lumber Co. (Nacogdoches) and the Angelina Lumber Co. (Lufkin) requested that the War Manpower Commission (WMC) establish Camp Chireno as a "permanent" branch of Camp Fannin (Smith County).…
View on map ↗Situated near El Camino Real de Los Tejas, on land granted in 1792 to Jose Antonio Chireno, the Chireno Community developed in the 1830s when Chireno’s heirs sold tracts to incoming colonists, including Samuel Flournoy…
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