Details for Old Hico
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5193002467
Data
| Marker Number | 2467 |
| Atlas Number | 5193002467 |
| Marker Title | Old Hico |
| Index Entry | Hico, Old |
| Address | FM 1602 |
| City | Hico |
| County | Hamilton |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 593388 |
| UTM Northing | 3535251 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns; ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1963 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | southeast of Hico, on FM 1602, north of Honey Creek and about 0.3 mi. N of CR 237 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 20" x 20" |
| Marker Text | This site on Honey Creek marks the beginning in 1856 of the settlement of Hico. Earliest families to locate here were those of John Q. Anderson, M. A. Fuller, J. G. Barbee, James R. and Henry Fuller, Isaac Steen, Isaac and Thomas Malone. In 1860 John R. Alford, a merchant, became the first postmaster. Rocks from ruins of the old mill were used in the erection of this memorial. |