Near Huntsville in Walker County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Camp Huntsville

World War II Prisoner of War Camp

Photographed by Steve Gustafson, September 18, 2011

1. Camp Huntsville Marker

Inscription. Camp Huntsville, completed here in 1942, was one of the first prisoner of war (POW) camps built in the U.S. during World War II. Designed to house 3,000 POWs, it had more than 400 buildings, as well as eight branch camps. The first POWs, part of Germany's Afrika Korps, arrived in Spring 1943, and by fall the population peaked at 4840. Late in the war the camp became a branch of Camp Hearne (Robertson Co.). In Sept. 1945, Camp Huntsville sent its German POWs to Camp Hearne in preparation for the arrival of Japanese POWs at this site. The camp closed on Jan. 5, 1946, and the government transferred more than 800 acres, including buildings, to Sam Houston State Teachers College for use as a country campus.
Texas in World War II-2006

Erected 2006 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13707.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1948.

Location. 30° 49.217′ N, 95° 25.961′ W. Marker is near Huntsville, Texas, in Walker County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 19 and Knox Circle, on the right when traveling north on State

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Highway 19. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huntsville TX 77320, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Akin Hill (approx. 1.9 miles away); Trinity Chapel A.M.E. Church (approx. 8.7 miles away); Black Veteran's Memorial Park (approx. 8.8 miles away); Emancipation Park (approx. 9 miles away); Ranald McDonald House (approx. 9 miles away); Harmon Luther Lowman (approx. 9.1 miles away); Cedar Grove Cemetery (approx. 9.1 miles away); Old Red Schoolhouse (approx. 9.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.

Also see . . . The Four Freedoms: Teaching Democracy at Huntsville's Prisoner of War Camp. Sam Houston State

Photographed by Steve Gustafson, September 18, 2011

2. Camp Huntsville Marker

University (Submitted on November 28, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2011, by Steve Gustafson of Lufkin, Texas. This page has been viewed 3,227 times since then and 388 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 21, 2011, by Steve Gustafson of Lufkin, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.