Historical Marker
Milam
Milam, Sabine County · Texas
Erected 1936
A Baptist college opened in Milam in 1858, the year the county seat moved to Hemphill, according to the Handbook of Texas. Sabine Baptist College closed during the Civil War, reopened in 1868 and shut for good in 1870. The Handbook puts the town at about 130 people in 1884 and about 250 in the late 1930s. Milam then fell to 177 residents in 1990 but counted 1,329 in 2000, and the Texas Almanac gives 1,480 for 2010. The Handbook also records that under the Republic it was a port of entry with a customs collector.
What the plaque says
Milam Founded in 1828 as Red Mound Named in 1835 for Benjamin Rush Milam. Seat of justice of Sabine Municipality, 1835; of Sabine County, 1837-58. Incorporated December 29, 1837. Internal Revenue post during the Republic Headquarters of the Quartermaster's Department, C. S. A. for Sabine County, 1861-65. First home in Texas of John S. Roberts a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Home of John C. Hale, martyr of San Jacinto. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
31.43275, -93.84733 · Directions
More markers nearby
- John C. Hale — steps away
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