Historical Markers and War Memorials in Odem, Texas
Sinton is the county seat for San Patricio County
Odem is in San Patricio County
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Organized on May 6, 1873, the Bethel Baptist Church of Christ was the first Baptist congregation in San Patricio County. The ten charter members represented the pioneer area communities of Sharpsburg, Moore’s Lake Settlement, and Meansville. Under . . . — — Map (db m205674) HM
As population increased in south central San Patricio County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, independent schools were established in a number of communities, serving students in isolated areas before the construction of a good road system . . . — — Map (db m32378) HM
The Rev. F. H. Barnhouse held the first recorded church services in the city of Odem in the home of J. W. Wright in 1909. Soon after, Sunday School services were held in the vacant store that was formerly the site of the Gisler blacksmith shop at . . . — — Map (db m207389) HM
Meansville (3 miles southeast) Col. William Marshall Means, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto, came to San Patricio County with his family in the 1850s and settled southeast of present Odem. Means was county sheriff from 1862 to 1867. The . . . — — Map (db m32865) HM
On Sunday, April 28, 1912, Baptists of Odem organized their own congregation. Rev. R.A. Cohran, General Missionary of the Blanco Association, was called to assist. With J.F. Janicke as clerk and W.B. Jones as moderator, Rev. Cohran read the . . . — — Map (db m165580) HM
In honor of all the veterans from Odem, Texas that have served our country in the Armed Forces
Dedicated on November 11, 1987 by the Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8916 — — Map (db m165577) WM
Native American tribes occupied land in this vicinity before Spanish explorers claimed the region in the 18th Century. Anglo American settlers began arriving in the area in the 1830s, and in 1856 brothers, Frank and Eddie White purchased land here . . . — — Map (db m32362) HM
