Henderson County, Texas

Historical Markers in Murchison, Texas

Murchison has 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Henderson County. The marker list includes records dating to 2004. 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 Murchison

  • 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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Leagueville Cemetery · 2004

The Leagueville community developed out of the Aaron York survey. Tradition holds this cemetery began west of an early schoolhouse located on land donated by B.T. and Annie Roberts. The community's pioneer schoolhouse…

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Allen Cemetery · 2008

This burial ground has served the residents of Murchison since the late 1800s. The Murchison Community, named for confederate officer T.F. Murchison, developed as a station on the Texas and St. Louis railway. A number…

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Black Jack Cemetery · 2008

This burial ground has served this area of eastern Henderson county since the mid-1800s, when the Black Jack community was established. Cradled between the towns of Brownsboro and Murchison, Black Jack became a…

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Leagueville Baptist Church · 2018

0.8 miles east of Athens city limits

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