Limestone County, Texas

Historical Markers in Prairie Hill, Texas

Prairie Hill has 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Limestone County. The marker list includes records dating to 1956. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement, 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.

What you will find in Prairie Hill

  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites
  • Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses
  • Oil, industry, and railroad-era commerce

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Leonard Williams · 1956

Served in the Army of Texas; participated in the storming of Bexar; a trader and interpreter among Indian tribes. Erected by the State of Texas 1956

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Prairie Hill Baptist Church · 1985

This congregation was organized on October 18, 1885, with 12 charter members from the Mount Antioch Baptist Church. Assisting with the organization and ordination of deacons was Ezekiel Jackson Billington (1826-1896),…

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Prairie Hill Cemetery · 1994

Prairie Hill Baptist Church members built a sanctuary here in 1890 on 3 acres donated by J. R. and Medora Leathers. A portion of the acreage near the sanctuary was set aside in 1894 to established this community…

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Billington Cemetery · 1997

Tennessee native E. J. Billington settled in this area with his family in 1854. In 1890 he sold one-half acre of land to John Ellison and Gus Haney on which a church and cemetery were established. The first recorded…

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