Cooper in Houston County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Collin Aldrich
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 26, 2023
1. Collin Aldrich Marker
Chief Justice of Houston
County, 1837-1841 Born
May 2, 1801 Died in 1842
Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 7015.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, Texas Independence. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list.
Location. 31° 14.505′ N, 95° 34.381′ W. Marker is in Cooper, Texas, in Houston County. It is on State Highway 21 Ύ mile east of Farm to Market Road 2967. The marker is on SH 21 west from Crockett 8.5 miles, east of FM 2967. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Crockett TX 75835, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kings Highway Camino Real Old San Antonio Road (approx. half a mile away); William Calvert Hallmark (approx. 2.2 miles away); Bynum Cemetery (approx. 2.2 miles away); Oakland (approx. 3.6 miles away); Porter Springs Community and Cemetery (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named Kings Highway Camino Real Old San Antonio Road
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Also see . . . Collin Aldrich: First Chief Justice of Houston County. (Submitted on July 23, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, March 26, 2023
2. Collin Aldrich Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,419 times since then and 148 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 1, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
