Travis County
N 30° 16.499 W 097° 46.251
14R E 618224 N 3349895
The county marker for Travis County, at a strange spot along a pedestrian trail, under a freeway bridge
Waymark Code: WMTDK3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2016
Views: 2
Usually we find these county markers at highway roadside parks near county lines or in front of county courthouses, but Austin has to be weird.
This 1936 granite block county marker for Travis county is along a hike and bike path under the MoPac freeway, along W 1st Street.
Marker Number: 6447
Marker Text:
Created
January 25, 1840
Organized
April 8 1848
Named in honor of
WILLIAM BARRETT TRAVIS
Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, August 1, 1809. Came to Texas in 1831, Commander at the Alamo, where he was killed March 6, 1836.
Austin, the County Seat, selected as the capital of the Republic of Texas in 1839 and by a vote of the people in 1850 made the permanent Capital of the State of Texas.
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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