| Marker Number |
4586 |
| Atlas Number |
5061004586 |
| Marker Title |
Santa Rita |
| Index Entry |
|
| Address |
|
| City |
Brownsville |
| County |
Cameron |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
644322 |
| UTM Northing |
2871026 |
| Subject Codes |
settlements; ghost towns |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Brownsville, take Highway 281 (Military Road) west 1 mile then go south about 100 yards (at Old Military Rd). |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
Here was Santa Rita; First Anglo-American settlement on lower Rio Grande and county seat of Cameron County; 1848 1849 |
