Details for Site of Centerville
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5213010348
Data
Marker Number | 10348 |
Atlas Number | 5213010348 |
Marker Title | Site of Centerville |
Index Entry | Centerville, Site of |
Address | CR 2927 |
City | Gun Barrel City |
County | Henderson |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 774435 |
UTM Northing | 3580487 |
Subject Codes | counties; settlements; ghost towns |
Marker Year | 1973 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | from Gun Barrel City, 3 mi. E, SW corner of Old Hwy 85 and CR 2927 |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
Marker Text | Replaced Buffalo as county seat, 1848, due to central location in county; on land donated by James Harper Starr (1809-90), Texas statesman. Clerk's records were kept in a log cabin courthouse. When county was reduced in area, 1850, county seat was moved to Athens, and Centerville died. (1973) |