Cherokee County Historical Markers
Cherokee County has 174 Texas historical markers across 20 towns and communities. 12 of them mark Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. The earliest went up in 1936.
- Markers
- 174
- Mapped
- 148
- Landmarks
- 12
4 listed by the THC as missing
Common subjects here: Churches and Congregations, Cemeteries, Pioneers and Early Settlers, Schools and Education, Ghost Towns, Military History
Jacksonville 43
- Annie Ella (McCallum) Ault 2018
- Brown, W. A., Home 1965
- Carey Lake-Boggy Creek Oil Field 1995 Listed as missing
- Central Baptist Church of Jacksonville 2004
- Church Founded by Chaplain Nicholas A. Davis, C.S.A. 1964
- Corinth Baptist Church 2002
- Cove Springs United Methodist Church 1986
- Craft Baptist Church 2007
- David Greene Templeton 2001
- Earle's Chapel Cemetery 1990
- Earle's Chapel Methodist Church 1990
- First Baptist Church of Jacksonville 1990
- First Baptist Church of Mixon 1999
- Site of First Free Public School 1988
- First United Methodist Church of Jacksonville 1989
- Fred Douglass School 2018
- Friendship Baptist Church and Corine Cemetery 1996
- Grimes Cemetery 2002
- Jackson Smith 1986
- Jacksonville College 1998
- Jacksonville Independent School District 2002
- Jacksonville's Public Square 2021
- Jarratt Cemetery 1978
- John Wesley Love Home 1982
- Judge H.T. Brown 1968
- Lon Morris College 1971
- Love's Lookout 1978
- Mixon Cemetery 2010
- Nan Travis Memorial Hospital 2001
- Old Neches Saline Road 1970
- New Hope Baptist Church 2023
- Newburn-Rawlinson House 1998
- Oldest Home in Jacksonville 1965
- Ragsdale Cemetery 2024
- Old Rusk Tramway 1970
- Sea Scouts Ship 400 2017
- Sweet Union Baptist Church 2007
- Taylor and Lucy Dirden Farm 2023
- Tecula Cemetery 2008
- Texas Civil War Iron Works 1965
- Thomas Jefferson Dean 1986
- Turney 2004
- Union Grove Cemetery 1971
Rusk 42
- Bachelor Girl's Library Club 1992
- Birthplace of Thomas Mitchell Campbell 1970
- Old Bonner Bank Building 1968
- Cedar Hill Cemetery 2014
- Cherokee County 1986
- Cherokee County C.S.A. 1963
- Cherokee County Courthouse 1991
- Confederate Gun Factory 1936
- Confederate Training Camp 1984
- Cook's Fort 1936
- Dr. I. K. Frazier Home 1969
- Euclid Masonic Lodge No. 45 A.F. & A.M. 2024
- Site of Ferguson-Ford Mill 1999 Listed as missing
- First Baptist Church of Rusk 1988
- First Baptist Church of Rusk 2008
- First Presbyterian Church of Rusk 1986
- First United Methodist Church of Rusk 1986
- Gregg Family Home 1967
- Hatchett's Ferry Inn 1998
- Hendrick Cemetery 2009
- Hogg, Gov. J. S., Birthplace of 1936
- The James I. Perkins Family Home 1977
- James Stephen Hogg and Cherokee County 2003
- Jones Cemetery 2009
- Little Bean's Cherokee Village 1991
- Lowe's Chapel Cemetery 2017
- Mountain Home 1936
- New Birmingham 1966
- Norman Law Firm 1999
- Rusk 1963
- The Rusk Cherokeean 2001
- Site of Rusk College 1991
- Rusk Footbridge 1969
- Rusk Penitentiary Building 1979
- Site of Rusk Public School No. 2 for African Americans 1993
- Site of Sam Houston Speeches 1996
- Sardis Baptist Church 2002
- Sardis-Edgefield Cemetery 1999
- Sheriff Bill Brunt Murder Site 2016
- Site of Tassie Belle and Star and Cresent Iron Ore Furnaces 1996
- Texas State Railroad 1982
- Site of the Union Hotel/Bracken House/Acme Hotel
Alto 37
- A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church 1977
- Berryman Cemetery 2007
- Box's Fort 1999
- Camp Alto, World War II Prisoner of War Camp 2006
- Cherokee Furnace Co., C.S.A. 1965
- Cherokee, Home of Grand Xinesi 1936
- Cold Springs School and Methodist Church 1985
- Cook Cemetery 1997
- Site of the Delaware Indian Village 1936
- Ellis P. Bean 1999
- Site of Fastrill 1999
- Forest Hill Plantation House 1962
- Helena Kimble Dill Nelson 1969
- Holcomb Family Reunion 1997
- Homer-Alto Road 1999
- In the Present County of Cherokee 1936
- Isaac Lee 1989
- Site of Lacy's Fort 1936
- Landrum Community 2022
- Site of the Last Home of Bowles 1936
- Linwood Community 2024
- Lynches Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery 1985
- Site of the Mission San Francisco De Los Tejas 1936
- Morrill Orchard Company 2002
- Mound Prairie 1970
- Mount Zion United Methodist Church and Cemetery 1985
- Murphy Home 1962
- Neches Indian Village 1936
- Old Palestine Baptist Church 1966
- Old Palestine Cemetery 2001
- Roark, William, Home 1963
- Robert F. Mitchell 1986
- Shiloh Methodist Church and Cemetery 1986
- Stella Salmon Hill 1966
- Terrell Lodge No. 83 1978
- Weeping Mary Community 2008
- Zebulon Pike Campsite 1982
New Summerfield 11
- Dr. William Reuben Tennison 1988
- Emmaus 1990
- Site of Griffin 1965
- Knoxville 1979
- Lone Star 1985
- McDonald Cemetery 1990
- Myrtle Springs Cemetery 1986
- New Summerfield Methodist Church 1989
- New Summerfield Public School 1991
- Robert Graves Stadler 1985
- Samuel Smith Homesite 1986
Maydelle 6
- Ben Cannon Ferry 1991 Listed as missing
- Benge Cemetery 2008
- Gent Village 1983
- Maydelle 2003
- Mewshaw State Sawmill and Maydell CCC Camp
- Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church 1994
Wells 6
- Falvey Memorial United Methodist Church 2000
- James H. Bowman 1936
- John Joseph Bowman 1983
- Mt. Hope Cemetery 1999
- Mt. Hope Cemetery 1999
- Primitive Baptist Church of Wells 1984
Linwood 4
- Angelina River 1965
- Candace Midkiff Bean 1936
- Site of Linwood 1965
- Selman-Roark Cemetery 1978
Dialville 3
Forest 3
- Site of Kilraven 2000
- Thompson Cemetery 2002
- Site of Wildhurst 2000
Troup 3
Jacksonville vicinity 2
- Chief Samuel Benge 2001
- Pine Grove School 2001
Ponta 2
- Elm Grove Common School 1997 Listed as missing
- Ponta 1999
Alto vicinity 1
Bullard 1
Craft 1
- Town of Craft 1985
Cuney 1
- Cuney 1982
Gallatin 1
- Henry Cemetery 2009
Mount Selman 1
N/A 1
- W. W. Durham Home 1964
Reklaw 1
Elsewhere in Cherokee County 4
- C.S.A. Prisoner of War Compound 1965
- Fry's Gap 2002
- Gallatin School 2015
- Helena Dill Berryman 1969
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