Nolanville in Bell County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Nolanville School

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, December 10, 2025

1. Nolanville School Marker

Inscription. Pioneers who settled this area in the early 1850s built a 1-room log schoolhouse about 1854. That year Bell County was divided into 15 school districts. Nolanville School moved to several different sites in the area. In 1928-29 the last high school class graduated from a 2-story brick schoolhouse in Nolanville. At various times after 1929 the school offered classes in nine or eight grades. At the time of its merger with Killeen's Independent School District in 1972 Nolanville was a six-grade elementary school. A new Nolanville school was built at this site in 1986.

Erected 1994 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3601.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1854.

Location. 31° 4.439′ N, 97° 37.226′ W. Marker is in Nolanville, Texas, in Bell County. It is on Old Nolanville Road west of Wilderness Basin, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 901 Nolanville Rd, Nolanville TX 76559, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Texas.

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It is also in the American South.

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Nolanville Encampment (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pleasant Hill Cemetery (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Pleasant Hill Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Blackburn Cemetery (approx. 5.9 miles away); John Blackburn Log House (approx. 6 miles away); First Baptist Church of Killeen (approx. 6 miles away); Clements Tower Bell (approx. 6 miles away); City of Killeen (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nolanville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Comanche Gap (was approx. 1.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, December 10, 2025

2. Nolanville School Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 11, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 54 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 11, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.