Site of Cox's Point

The point took its name from Thomas Cox, who settled on the shore of the inlet now called Cox Bay. Through the 1820s and 1830s it was a point of entry for American immigrants, and in 1836 Mary Austin Holley put its population at 200. Like Linnville, Dimmitt's Landing and Texana, it grew up around warehouses: goods and ammunition for South Texas and northern Mexico came ashore at these Lavaca Bay ports and went inland by wagon train. A plantation later worked the land near the point.

What the plaque says

Site of Cox's Point An early landing place of supplies for the interior. Captain Jack Shackelford's "Red Rovers" of Alabama disembarked at this point. A town established here in 1836 was burned by Indians in 1840. Erected by State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Half Moon Reef Lighthouse — 3.6 mi
• Port Lavaca — 3.7 mi
• First Baptist Church of Port Lavaca — 4.6 mi
• Alsatian Immigration Through Lavaca Bay — 4.7 mi