Details - Site of Owensville - Atlas Number 5395010936 - Atlas: Texas Historical Commission

Marker Number	10936
Atlas Number	5395010936
Marker Title	Site of Owensville
Index Entry	Owensville, Site of
Address
City	Owensville
County	Robertson
UTM Zone	14
UTM Easting	736601
UTM Northing	3440426
Subject Codes	cities and towns
Marker Year	1974
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark	No
Marker Location	junction of FM 979 and FM 46
Private Property	No
Marker Condition	In Situ
Marker Size	18" x 28"
Marker Text	Robertson County's third county seat was located here, 1855-69, on land given by D. H. Love (1816-66). The town was Owensville, named for Harrison Owen (1803-96), who was the first county clerk, 1838-47. Public officials, doctors, lawyers, businesses moved here and town thrived. It was on Houston-Waco mail, stage, and freighting road. As Civil War (1861-65) county seat, this place armed and dispatched soldiers, and cared for civilians. After Houston & Texas Central Railway bypassed Owensville in 1868, county records were moved to Calvert. Owensville Cemetery, oldest in county, marks townsite.