Lavaca County Historical Markers

The links below will to you to the text of the historical marker. A photograph and more information are provided for some of the markers. Please contact Regena if you can provide a photograph for any of these markers.

Additional information and historic photos can be found in Marking History in Lavaca County, produced in 2002 by the Lavaca County Historical Commission and The Raymond Dickson Foundation. The book can be purchased directly from the Lavaca County Historical Commission or viewed at the Friench Simpson Library and elsewhere.

You may also want to visit the Texas Historic Sites Atlas, a feature of the Texas Historical Commission web site. Enter Lavaca under "county search" for a list of all historical markers with descriptions and maps.

Vicinity	Historical Marker
Breslau	Site of Breslau School
Ezzell	Ezzell School Joel Ponton
Hackberry	Andrews Chapel Cemetery
Hallettsville	Arthur Pendleton Bagby 50th Anniversary of Battle of Galveston City Cemetery First Baptist Church of Hallettsville First Methodist Church of Hallettsville First National Bank of Hallettsville Stephen Tucker Foley Estate of John Hallett Hallettsville Hallettsville (granite centennial marker) Hallettsville Memorial Park Hallettsville Public Schools Old Hanging Tree Andrew Kent Joseph Kent Lavaca County Courthouse Joseph Lawrence The Lay-Bozka House John Himes Livergood Murchison Lodge No. 80, A.F. & A.M. Pioneers Settlers Killed by the Indians Comanches and Tonkahues Radhost School Route of the Texas Army Sacred Heart Catholic Church St. James Episcopal Church St. Peter Lutheran Church Paul Scarborough William Smothers Vysehrad School General John W. Whitfield/ Whitfield's Legion John Wilkins Whitfield Captain Leiper Willoughby
Hope	Hope Baptist Church The United Methodist Church of Hope
Komensky	Site of Komensky School
Moravia	Moravia General Store Site of Moravia School
Moulton	Site of Baursville School Old Boehm Store Isaac D. Hamilton Site of Moore Hotel Sam and Will Moore Institute Sam and Will Moore Institute Bell Moulton Moulton Lodge No. 298, A.F. & A.M. Old Moulton Old Moulton Baptist Church Old Moulton Cemetery Novohrad School Site of Oak Grove School St. Joseph's Catholic Church Site of the Camp of the Texas Army Wied School Orrin L. Winters Cabin Zion Lutheran Church
Petersburg	Petersburg
Rabb Switch	Rabb Switch
St. Mary's	St. Mary's Parish Arthur Henry Vollentine
Shiloh	Shiloh Community
Shiner	Site of Beasley School Site of Bunjes School Site of Evergreen School First Methodist Church of Shiner First National Bank of Shiner William Green House Herder Half Moon Place Kaspar Wire Works Masonic Lodge Building Ponton Family Saint Ludmila's Academy Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church Shiner Shiner Cemetery Shiner Brethren Church Shiner Opera House Shiner-Welhausen Homestead Spoetzl Brewery Captain Charles Welhausen Welhausen Park Bandstand
Sublime	Wild Man of the Navidad
Sweet Home	Bennett Cemetery West-Wagner Homestead
Velehrad	Site of Velehrad School SPJST Velehrad Cemetery
Vienna	Vienna (Cheney Settlement)
Vsetin	Vsetin Cemetery
Yoakum	Ruins of Brushy Creek Church First Baptist Church of Yoakum First Methodist Church of Yoakum First Presbyterian Church of Yoakum Holy Cross Lutheran Church [DeWitt County] Park Place School Building Pilot Grove Church and Cemetery May-Hickey House [DeWitt County] Municipal Power Plant [DeWitt County] Orth-Fitch House The Trail Drivers of Southwest Texas Yoakum

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