Details for Old Quintana
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5039009589
Data
| Marker Number | 9589 |
| Atlas Number | 5039009589 |
| Marker Title | Old Quintana |
| Index Entry | Quintana, Old |
| Address | |
| City | Quintana |
| County | Brazoria |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 275096 |
| UTM Northing | 3202837 |
| Subject Codes | ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Burnett St. west of Quintana Park |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 20" x 20" |
| Marker Text | Named for a Mexican general. Early as 1532 a thriving village. Port of entry in Republic of Texas. Strategic port in Civil War. Industrial area, cattle and cotton shipping point, 1870-1900. Fashionable summer colony, 1884 and afterwards. Largely destroyed in 1900 storm. Now a resort and fishing center. (1964) |