Montgomery County, Texas

Historical Markers in Magnolia, Texas

Magnolia has 7 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Montgomery County. The marker list includes records dating to 1966. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement. 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 Magnolia

  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Railroad, trail, and transportation history
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites
  • Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses

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Magnolia · 1966

In early days, known as Mink's Prairie, and by 1850, shortened to Mink. In 1902, railroad named it Melton to honor Jim Melton, a large landowner in the county, but U. S. Post Office confused it with town of Milton.…

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George Bell Madeley Cemetery · 1989

Born at Trittiford in Hall Green, near Birmingham, England, in 1815, George Bell Madeley emigrated to Texas about 1845. In Harrisburg he met and wed Helen Adeline Grant (b. 1821), a native of Yardley, England. The…

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Magnolia Depot · 1999

Built in 1902 by the International and Great Northern Railroad, this depot served as a major shipping point for cotton, sweet potatoes and other produce, cattle and lumber from area farms and sawmills. The depot closed…

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Magnolia Cemetery · 2001

This burial ground was in use for decades before Tom J. Goodson (1858-1913) and wife, Winnie May (1867-1911), deeded it to the Baptist church on May 3, 1909. Land gifts in 1945 by their son, Lester (1898-1978), and by…

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Oklahoma School · 2002

Early residents of what would become the Oklahoma settlement moved into the area in the middle to late 19th century. Families farmed, raised livestock and used the rail station at nearby Hufsmith for shipment of local…

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Baker Cemetery · 2009

Baker Cemetery Established CA. 1855 Historic Texas Cemetery-2008

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