Details for Cuero
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5123001125
Data
| Marker Number | 1125 |
| Atlas Number | 5123001125 |
| Marker Title | Cuero |
| Index Entry | Cuero |
| Address | |
| City | Cuero |
| County | DeWitt |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 667683 |
| UTM Northing | 3218928 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | US 87 bus., east side near Limit |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 24" x 18" |
| Marker Text | Founded 1873 with arrival of Gulf, Western, Texas and Pacific Railroad. County seat moved here from Clinton, 1876. Population grew after coastal storms of 1875 and 1886 destroyed Indianola and refugees from there made a new start here. Home of Turkey Trot, begun in 1912. Farming, ranching, oil and gas center. |