Site of Old Town of Senterfitt

Senterfitt could be a wild place, with saloons open day and night. Nearby lay Maverick Valley, where rustlers kept stolen cattle until the brands could be altered, and many early drives north passed through town. In 1879 it became a mail and stage stop on routes from Fort Worth to Fort Mason and from Austin west, and ox-drawn freight trains hauled its wool, cotton, hides and pecans to the nearest railroad, at Round Rock. Ector Gammage ran a telegraph office. Senterfitt is said to have platted the townsite in 1881 to keep the community from being split.

What the plaque says

Site of Old Town of Senterfitt The town was named for Reuben S. Senterfitt, the Cattle King in this area in 1850s. The post office was established at an early stage stand in 1877. Mr. Senterfitt laid out the townsite and donated land for a cemetery and a school. The town served a large area of central Texas by producing many supplies such as wool, hides, cotton, and pecans. Senterfitt had a population of 400 people before removal of the railroad around 1890. (1968)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Colorado Bend State Park — 11 mi
  Old ranch country on the Colorado above Lake Buchanan, where a spring-fed creek drops 70 feet over fern-covered travertine at Gorman Falls.
• Hancock Springs Park — 18 mi
  Lampasas's city park on Sulphur Creek, with a spring-fed swimming pool that holds about 69 degrees all year, the walls of the old bathhouse and a golf course.

More markers nearby

• Senterfitt Cemetery — 0.4 mi
• Phantom Hill Road — 1.6 mi
• Site of Lometa Reservoir — 3.0 mi
• Lometa — 3.1 mi