Details for Yorktown

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5123005928

Data

Marker Number 5928
Atlas Number 5123005928
Marker Title Yorktown
Index Entry Yorktown
Address
City Yorktown
County DeWitt
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 646614
UTM Northing 3206963
Subject Codes cities and towns
Marker Year 1968
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location on SH 72 (east edge of town), Yorktown
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Founded 1848 as way station on old Indianola Trail. Chartered August 2, 1854. Incorporated 1871. San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad reached here 1886. Town's first school organized 1853. Prospered as center of farming and ranching; later, of oil and gas. Pioneer strains are German, American, Pole, Czech, Spaniard, Mexican, Negro.