Oakville

Oakville has two accounts of its name. The plaque says it was named for its live oaks. A local history says the commissioners took the name from a newspaper advertisement for business lots, after residents accepted Thomas Wilson's 640-acre townsite on September 8, 1856. Before that the place was a stage station called on the Sulphur, and treasure seekers told of a Puente de la Piedra, a rock bridge. The Oakville Baptist Church went up in 1856 and counted 128 members the next year.

What the plaque says

Oakville So named from its Live Oak trees county seat from 1856 to 1919 of Live Oak County, which was created February 2, and organized August 4, 1856

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Choke Canyon State Park — 15 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.

More markers nearby

• Oakville Post Office — steps away
• Felix Longoria — 5.0 mi
• Three Rivers — 5.0 mi
• Site of Three Rivers Glass Factory — 5.2 mi