Historic Markers, Signage and Cemeteries

Travis County historical markers and signage is conveniently available via the Historic Marker Database Organization (HMDB.ORG). HMDB is a grass roots, self-directed group of volunteers that log historical markers worldwide. In current lingo it's a "crowd sourced" manager of markers. It is powerful in that it provides boots on the ground beyond what any "official" state or county organization could reasonably provide: photographs of the marker, accurate lat/long, directions to the marker, and additional information on the marker topic and marker condition, including reports of missing markers.

Click here for a listing of markers (you will leave the TCHC blog)

Once you have the list of marker you will be able to map them with Google Maps, or download as a CSV file. Your page will look this:

Other Marker Tracking Sites

In addition to HMDB you may also find these two sites useful:

• Texas Historical Makers -- link will take you to Travis County markers but there are markers available for the whole state. Markers are listed in alphabetical order. Excellent site!
  

• Waymarking - you'll need to search on a topic like "Hornsby" near "Austin, Texas". Also provides a map of items meeting your search criteria.
   

 

Historic Cemeteries

Information for the following historic cemeteries can be found on Find A Grave and the Austin Genealogical Society websites. Additionally some are logged in HMDB. You can also use the Texas Site Atlas; go to the Historical Markers tab and enter the marker number shown below.

Marker Number & Name
15775    Austin Memorial Park Cemetery
13278    Austin State Hospital Cemetery
12839    Baker Family Cemetery
12240    Bethany Cemetery
14186    Boggy Creek Masonic Cemetery
20057    Boyce Family Cemetery
14555    Bratton Cemetery
16146    Caperton Family Cemetery
18940    Collins Cemetery
16195    Davis Cemetery
12241    Decker Swedish Evangelical Free Church and Cemetery
16804    Dessau Cemetery
6470    Eanes Cemetery
16197    Hornsby Cemetery
15895    Houston Family Cemetery
15530    Joseph J. Manor Cemetery
16578    Littig Cemetery
16137    Live Oak Cemetery
16117    Lockwood Cemetery
16136    Manor Cemetery
16952    Maxey Cemetery
16037    Merrilltown Cemetery
16199    Methodist Episcopal Church of Mount Salem Cemetery
14309    Oakwood Cemetery
15140    Oliver Cemetery
14455    Pfluger Cemetery
18633    Rector Cemetery
16200    Roberts-Teague Cemetery
15906    Rose Hill Cemetery
13012    Santa Maria Cemetery
15084    State Cemetery of Texas
16202    Williamson Creek Cemetery