Near Round Top in Austin County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Town of Shelby

Photographed by Gregory Walker, October 3, 2015

1. Town of Shelby Marker

Inscription. Named for 1822 settler David Shelby, this town grew up at the mill of German pioneer Otto Von Roeder. The Ohlendorfs, Vogelsangs, Rothermels, and Vanderwerths arrived in 1845; other Germans came in ensuing years. The post office opened 1846 with Shelby as postmaster. A school (1854), an agricultural society, a singing society and a band were started. Mission work, begun in 1876, led to founding of Peace Lutheran and St. Paul Lutheran churches. By 1900 there were at least a dozen businesses here. Decline of farming led residents to live on ancestral land and work in cities.

Erected 1974 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 4669.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1822.

Location. 30° 1.425′ N, 96° 35.884′ W. Marker is near Round Top, Texas, in Austin County. It is at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 1457 and Farm to Market Road 389, on the right when traveling north on Road 1457. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Round Top TX 78954, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Paul Lutheran Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Henniger Family Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Sacred Heart Catholic Church

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(approx. 4½ miles away); Breeding Family Cemetery / First School in Fayette County (approx. 4½ miles away); Nassau Plantation (approx. 4.6 miles away); Winedale Stagecoach Inn (approx. 5.1 miles away); Charles Fordtran (approx. 5.9 miles away); Fisches Park (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Round Top.

Also see . . . David Shelby article in Handbook of Texas Online. (Submitted on July 30, 2016, by Gregory Walker of La Grange, Texas.)

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Photographed by Gregory Walker

2. Location of Shelby Marker

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