Tarrant County, Texas
Kennedale has 5 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Tarrant County. The marker list includes records dating to 1986. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history, military, battle, and texas revolution sites. 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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Georgia native Thomas F. Rodgers (1835-1906) and his wife Mary (Adams) (1842-1912) came to Texas from Kansas in the late 1850s. A successful farmer and stock raiser, Thomas Rodgers later served in the Confederate Army…
View on map ↗Believed to have been organized before 1887, this congregation met for worship in a local schoolhouse and baptized new members in nearby creeks and a small lake to the tune of "Shall We Gather at The River." Land was…
View on map ↗When John Dickinson and Winnie (Traylor) Hudson's daughter Ary Mae died in 1878, she was the first person to be buried on the family land. Her twin, Ara Bell, who had been buried in Montague County earlier that year,…
View on map ↗Known for its farming and brick manufacturing, the town of Kennedale was not officially incorporated until 1947. However, the town's citizens recognized early the need for educational facilities for area families. To…
View on map ↗AS ANGLO SETTLERS BEGAN MOVING INTO TARRANT COUNTY AND THE AREA THAT WOULD BECOME KENNEDALE, THEY BROUGHT THEIR METHODIST FAITH WITH THEM. MOST LIKELY, METHODISTS WHO SETTLED IN THE AREA WOULD TRAVEL TO NEARBY CENTER…
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