Boyd in Wise County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Masonic Lodge #479
Photographed by J Frye Fort Worth TX, February 18, 2022
1. Masonic Lodge #479 Marker
Built 1877 at Old Aurora (2 miles east). Lower floor used first as school with rent $2.50 a month, then as drug store, post office. Second floor always lodge hall. Moved here 1900, in one piece, as Aurora, missed by railroad, began to decline.
Erected 1965 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 3244.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1877.
Location. 33° 4.698′ N, 97° 33.966′ W. Marker is in Boyd, Texas, in Wise County. It is on West Rock Island near Evans. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 128 W Rock Island Avenue, Boyd TX 76023, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. 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, and one of the Confederate States of America.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eagle Mountain Lake MCAS Auxiliary (Rhome Field) (approx. 3 miles away); Keeter Cemetery (approx. 3.7 miles away); Deep Creek Community (approx. 3.8 miles away); Aurora Cemetery (approx. 4.1 miles away); George Lawson Bledsoe (approx. 4.2 miles away); Teague Cemetery (approx. 4.3 miles away); United Methodist Church of Rhome (approx. 5.6 miles away); New Hope Cemetery and New Hope Baptist Church (approx. 6.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boyd.
Photographed by J Frye Fort Worth TX, February 18, 2022
2. Masonic Lodge #479 Marker
Photographed by J Frye Fort Worth TX, February 18, 2022
3. Masonic Lodge #479 and Marker
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