Cameron County Historical Markers
Cameron County has 170 Texas historical markers across 11 towns and communities. 83 of them mark Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The earliest went up in 1936.
- Markers
- 170
- Mapped
- 144
- Landmarks
- 83
Common subjects here: Historic Homes, Military History, Cemeteries, Hispanic and Tejano History, Churches and Congregations, Civil War
Brownsville 100
- 1912 Cameron County Courthouse 2000
- 1912 Cameron County Jail 1994
- African American Troops at Fort Brown 2018
- Alonso Complex 1998
- Augustine Celaya House 1988
- Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A. 1964
- Barreda House 1994
- Battle of Palmito Ranch 1963
- The Battle of Palo Alto 1936
- The Battle of Resaca de la Palma 1936
- Browne-Wagner House 1978
- Brownsville City Cemetery 1983
- Brownsville-Matamoros Bridge 1998
- Brownsville-Matamoros Ferries and River Boardwalk 2000
- Brulay House 2016
- Cameron County 1936
- Cameron County 1936
- Cameron County Courthouse of 1883-1914 1962
- Camp Belknap 1996
- Campo Santo Viejo 2010
- Casimiro Tamayo Building 2020
- Cavalry Barracks 1987
- Cavazos House 1984
- Church of the Advent 1988
- Cisneros House 1991
- Cisneros House 2016
- Commissary-Guard House 1965
- Cueto Building (La Nueva Libertad) 1985
- Dean and Gladys Porter House 2021
- El Alamo Grocery Store Building 2024
- El Globo Nuevo 2017
- Esparza Cemetery 1999
- Esperanza Plantation Bridge 2020
- Estéfana Goseascochea Cemetery 2008
- Fernández-Champion-García-Warburton House 2020
- Fernandez-Laiseca Building 2018
- First Presbyterian Church of Brownsville 1993
- Fort Brown 1936
- Fort Brown Cavalry Barracks 1987
- Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse 1992
- Fort Brown Reservation 1964
- Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86 1965
- Frank Rabb 2012
- Friedman-Hollowell House 2019
- Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes 1981
- Hanson House 2023
- Hebrew Cemetery 1996
- Hebrew Cemetery (HTC) 2017
- Hicks-Gregg House 2007
- Hicks-Lawrence House 2008
- Hinojosa House 2013
- Home of Charles Stillman, 1810-1875 1936
- Home of Chas. Stillman 1964
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral 1962
- Incarnate Word Convent, Site of 1972
- J.L. Putegnat & Brother Building 2020
- J.T. Canales 2009
- Juan H. Fernandez Store 2017
- Judith Calderoni-Yturria and Richard Champion House 2021
- Kowalski-Dennett Home 1966
- Kraigher House 2015
- La Madrilena 1988
- Last Battle of the Civil War 1936
- Launching Site of First U.S. Army Warplane 1966
- Lily (Spivey) and William A. Rasco House 2020
- M. E. and Estela Garcia House 2018
- Manautou Building 2012
- Manautou House 1983
- McDavitt Building 2023
- McNair House 2008
- Medical Laboratory 1965
- Miguel Fernandez Hide Yard 2021
- Morgue Building 1965
- Neale House 1964
- Site of Old Grammar School 1984
- Original Site of St. Joseph College 2021
- Pan American Airways Blind Flying School 1986
- Pitt House 2011
- Port of Brownsville 1986
- Porter Cottage 2016
- Post Hospital 1965
- Post Hospital Annex 1962
- Public Market and Town Hall 1965
- Rabb Plantation 2012
- Rancho Viejo 1936
- Rockwell House 2017
- Russell-Cocke House 2000
- Sabas Cavazos Cemetery 1994
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church 2001
- San Roman Building 1966
- Santa Rita 1936
- Solomon Ashheim 2020
- Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot 1985
- These Palmetto Pilings 1936
- Tijerina House 1979
- Ullmann, Stern & Krausse Grocery Warehouse_Alamo Iron Works 2021
- United States Colored Troops in the Rio Grande Valley 2017
- Vuittonet-St. Joseph's Pharmacy Building 2023
- Webb-Martinez House 1981
- Yturria Bank 1962
San Benito 16
- All Saints' Episcopal Church 2000
- Baldemar "Freddy Fender" Garza Huerta 2013
- Bobby Joe Morrow 2022
- First Methodist Church of San Benito 2007
- First Presbyterian Church of San Benito 1986
- Getsemani Presbyterian Church 2009
- Joe Callandret School 2020
- Landrum House 1978
- Matanza of 1915 2014
- San Benito 1971
- San Benito Bank and Trust Company 1980
- San Benito Post Office 1993
- Spiderweb Railroad 1982
- St. Benedict's Church 1978
- Stonewall Jackson Hotel 2022
- Water District Building 1997
Harlingen 12
- City of Harlingen 1969
- First United Methodist Church of Harlingen 2010
- Frank Ferree (UNDERTOLD) 2018
- Harlingen Army Airfield and Harlingen Air Force Base 2004
- Harlingen Cemetery 1997
- Harlingen Hospital 1980
- Howard E. and Mary Butt House 2000
- L. E. Snavely House 1986
- Lon C. Hill Home 1965
- Original Sam Houston School 1986
- Planters State Bank 1986
- Santos Lozano Building 1980
Port Isabel 11
- 1923 Point Isabel Coast Guard Building 1988
- Alta Vista Apartments 1988
- Charles Champion 1996
- Site of Fort Polk 1995
- Padre J. Nicolas Balli 1983
- Old Point Isabel Lighthouse 1936
- Point Isabel, C.S.A. 1964
- Port Isabel (Old Point Isabel) 1972
- Port Isabel Cemetery 1990
- Port of Matamoros 1994
- Queen Isabel Inn 1991
La Feria 7
- Dunlap House 1969
- Site of First Bank in La Feria 1975
- First Baptist Church of La Feria 1997
- La Feria Cemetery 1990
- Rosalio Longoria House 1974
- Solis Cemetery 2010
- Town of La Feria 1971
Los Indios 4
Rio Hondo 3
Santa Maria 3
Los Fresnos 2
South Padre Island 2
Rancho 1
- Zepeda Cemetery 2001
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