City of George West

George West's records begin with the track. The San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf laid its rails in 1913, and the town was recorded in the county clerk's office on September 22, 1914, the same year its first church service was held in an office building. County voters chose to move the seat from Oakville in 1918, and George West took it in 1919. The railroad pulled people toward new towns, among them Kitty West, Ike West, Three Rivers and Mikeska, and away from Ramireña, Lagarto and Oakville. Its first public school opened in 1912.

What the plaque says

City of George West Founded 1913 by George Washington West, rancher and civic leader, who secured railroad route through Live Oak County and provided several municipal buildings and plots for others. Became county seat in 1919. Market and shipping point for cattle and cotton. (1967)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Choke Canyon State Park — 18 mi
  A reservoir state park on the Frio River in two units, built after a 1982 dam, with birds, alligators and fishing on land people have crossed for more than 10,000 years.
• Lake Corpus Christi State Park — 24 mi
  A lake park in the South Texas brush country above Mathis, on a reservoir of the Nueces, with a Civilian Conservation Corps refectory and more than 200 bird species.

More markers nearby

• Early Schools in Live Oak County — 0.6 mi
• Live Oak County — 1.8 mi
• Gussettville — 5.3 mi
• Oakville Post Office — 7.9 mi