Johnson County, Texas
Godley has 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Johnson County. The marker list includes records dating to 1994. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history, downtown architecture, homes, and businesses. 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.
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Originally known as Bethany Baptist Church, this congregation was organized in the spring of 1878 at the home of J. P. Vickers, about four miles from what is now the town of Godley. In 1880, during the pastorate of the…
View on map ↗Turn off SH 171 on to CR 1000 going east about .8 mile
View on map ↗The town of Godley began in 1886, as rancher and lumber merchant B. B. Godley donated land for a townsite and right-of-way to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad. Predating the railroad town was the local school,…
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