Details for Bastrop County

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5021009152

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Marker Number 9152
Atlas Number 5021009152
Marker Title Bastrop County
Index Entry Bastrop County
Address
City Bastrop
County Bastrop
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 664378
UTM Northing 3332247
Subject Codes counties
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location intersection of Loop 150 and SH 21 - island between the two roads, near entrance to Bastrop State Park, Bastrop
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Marker Text A part of Austin's grant in 1821; created the municipality of Mina, 1834; became the County of Mina in the Republic of Texas, 1836. Name changed to "Bastrop," December 18, 1837, in honor of Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, 1770-1829, land commissioner of Austin's Colony. Member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas. Bastrop, the County Seat

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