Karnes County, Texas

Historical Markers in Karnes City, Texas

Karnes City has 5 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Karnes County. The marker list includes records dating to 1936. Common marker themes include courthouse and civic history, churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history. 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 Karnes City

  • Courthouse and civic history
  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Railroad, trail, and transportation history
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites

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Karnes City · 1967

Seat of Karnes County; was founded in Christmas season, 1890, when a partnership headed by Otto Buchel bought 1,000 acres of land from J. L. Calvert for $5 an acre. The tract was near the geographic center of the county…

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First Presbyterian Church · 1970

Karnes City's first edifice built for Protestant worship. Housed congregation originating in 1894 as a mission under the care of Helena Presbyterians, and organized as a church with 14 members in 1895 by The Rev. H. R.…

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First Baptist Church of Karnes City · 1996

This congregation was founded as a missionary church by The Rev. J. D. Walker in 1894, the same year the new town of Karnes City became the county seat of Karnes County. It is thought that early worship services were…

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Karnes County Courthouse · 2010

In 1854 Karnes County erected its first courthouse in the county seat of Helena, an important stage stop between San Antonio and Goliad. The original courthouse was destroyed in a storm about 1865 and a new stone…

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