Historical Marker
King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County · Texas
Erected 1918
The stone sits in a town with a documented start. The Handbook of Texas says that in 1779 Antonio Gil Ibarvo led settlers from Bucareli to the abandoned mission site at Nacogdoches, and that he was later commissioned militia commander and magistrate of the pueblo, described as the first official recognition of civil status for the community. The town was incorporated in 1837. It counted 468 residents in 1850, 1,138 in 1890 and 1,827 in 1900.
What the plaque says
King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A.D. 1918
Where it stands
31.60329, -94.65505 · Directions
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