Details for Gillespie County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5171010044
Data
| Marker Number | 10044 |
| Atlas Number | 5171010044 |
| Marker Title | Gillespie County |
| Index Entry | Gillespie County |
| Address | 101 W. Main St. |
| City | Fredericksburg |
| County | Gillespie |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 512209 |
| UTM Northing | 3349313 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Gillespie County Courthouse grounds, northeast side facing US 87 (Main St.) |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | The trails of roving Indians crossed these hills settled by German pioneers in 1846. A group of Mormons settled at Zodiac in 1847. Created February 23, 1848. Organized June 5, 1848. Named for Richard Addison Gillespie, a Texan from 1837, a defender of the Texas frontier, and captain in the Mexican War who fell at Monterrey, September 22, 1846. Fredericksburg, the county seat. |