Houston County, Texas
Latexo has 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Houston County. The marker list includes records dating to 1972. 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.
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Early community called Oldham, near Bethel Church and school, was renamed Starks' Switch when International & Great Northern Railroad in 1872 laid sidetrack to serve Starks' sawmill (2 mi. W). Latexo post office opened…
View on map ↗(100 yards west) On land given by John Jesse Jones (1820-1872), who with his wife Margaret Kyle (1830-1896) moved from Alabama to Texas in the 1850s. The 1860s one-room log cabin school house was used also for church…
View on map ↗The community of Stark Switch, originally known as Oldham, was the home of Protestant worship for early settlers from the mid-19th century. Stark Switch Baptist Church of Christ was organized on July 19, 1900, with 27…
View on map ↗Settlers in this area established the Ephesus community and used this site as a burial ground. Also known as Millican Cemetery, the Milligan Cemetery may have been established as early as 1840. The first marked grave,…
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