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Sebastopol in Trinity County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Site of the Town of Sebastopol

 
 
Site of the Town of Sebastopol Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Anderson, January 19, 2019
1. Site of the Town of Sebastopol Marker
Inscription.
An important shipping point
established in the late fifties

Named in commemoration of
a naval station of Russia

Declined in importance after railroads
reached this region

 
Erected 1936 by the State of Texas. (Marker Number 7967.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list.
 
Location. 30° 54.568′ N, 95° 14.988′ W. Marker is in Sebastopol, Texas, in Trinity County. It is at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 355 and Farm to Market Road 356, on the right when traveling north on Road 355. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Trinity TX 75862, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Civilian Conservation Corps Camp at Trinity (approx. 7 miles away); Trinity Chapel A.M.E. Church (approx. 7.7 miles away); Site of Gibson Hotel (approx. 7.8 miles away); Old Red Schoolhouse (approx. 7.8 miles away); Black Veteran's Memorial Park (approx. 7.8 miles away);
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Dorcas Wills Memorial Baptist Church (approx. 7.9 miles away); Ranald McDonald House (approx. 7.9 miles away); First United Methodist Church of Trinity (approx. 7.9 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Sebastopol, TX - The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) (Submitted on January 21, 2019, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.) 
 
Site of the Town of Sebastopol Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Anderson, January 19, 2019
2. Site of the Town of Sebastopol Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 21, 2019. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2019, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 998 times since then and 90 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 21, 2019, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.
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