Details for City of Matagorda
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5321000889
Data
| Marker Number | 889 |
| Atlas Number | 5321000889 |
| Marker Title | City of Matagorda |
| Index Entry | Matagorda |
| Address | |
| City | |
| County | Matagorda |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 210003 |
| UTM Northing | 3177501 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | southeast corner of Cypress and Lewis; Matagorda |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | Projected site of a town in 1826. Founded in 1829 with Stephen F. Austin, Elias R. Wightman, Hosea H. League and Ira Ingram as proprietors. Third largest town in Texas in 1834. Incorporated January 28, 1839, county seat of Matagorda County, 1837-1894. Badly wrecked by storms in 1854 and 1875. An early cultural center of Texas as evidenced by schools, churches and press. |