On Westside Cemetery Road at John Oliver Road, on the right when traveling west on Westside Cemetery Road.
Co. G, 16th Illinois Cavalry from Apr. 1, 1863 to Aug. 15, 1865. Enlisted as private in Springfield, Ill., after crossing confederate lines by walking, stagecoach and steamboat. Like many Texas Germans, he felt U.S. should be kept together. Born . . . — — Map (db m174509) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 72) at South Eckhardt Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
Erected 1876. Had iron shutters, elevator, walls 25 inches thick. Housed general mercantile store begun by pioneer Caesar Eckhardt family in 1848, soon after founding of Yorktown. Wagons brought in goods from seaport of Indianola. Gold and silver . . . — — Map (db m174478) HM
On State Highway 72 at North Louis Avenue, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 72.
Created March 24, 1846
from Gonzales, Victoria
and Goliad counties;
Organized July 13, 1846,
with Cuero as the county seat
Named in honor of
Green De Witt
A Texas Empresario
Born in Kentucky September 16, 1797
Died in . . . — — Map (db m131927) HM
On Old 237 (County Highway 455) at County Highway 450, on the right when traveling east on Old 237.
In 1867, Anton (1815-1889) and Lucyia (1830-1912) Koszielsky deeded land to the Roman Catholic Church for a graveyard to serve the parishioners of the growing Catholic community of Yorktown. In 1916, Jesse H. (1866-1943) and Constantine . . . — — Map (db m174457) HM
On Zion Street at Community Hall Road (County Highway 456), on the left when traveling east on Zion Street.
This church was established by Polish families who first came to Texas in the 1850s and settled in Panna Maria, then migrated to this area. A group of Polish Catholics split from the primarily German Catholic Church in Meyersville and joined the . . . — — Map (db m174454) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 72) at North Eckhardt Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Soldiers and builders of Texas. York, born in Kentucky, came to Texas in 1821, was a captain in siege which expelled Mexican Army from Bexar, 1835. Gave site for Yorktown, 1847. Died in an Indian fight won by his men.
Eckhardt came from . . . — — Map (db m174481) HM
On State Highway 119 at Lee Alves Road (County Highway 3024), on the left when traveling south on State Highway 119.
Among the many European immigrants arriving in Texas in the mid-19th century was a small group of Lithuanians who settled in the Yorktown vicinity of DeWitt County. Due to their eventual assimilation with the numerous German immigrants in the area, . . . — — Map (db m235022) HM
On State Highway 72 at Woods Cemetery Road (County Road 478), on the right when traveling west on State Highway 72.
The small farming community of Shiloh began about 1847 with settlement by the McBride, Hamilton, McFarland, Odom, Anderson, and Woods families. In 1851 John Keith Rankin helped organize a Methodist Episcopal Church, whose members erected a . . . — — Map (db m132373) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 72) at North Eckhardt Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
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Yorktown Texas was established as a small town in the spring of 1848 by Charles Eckhardt and Captain John York. The two gentlemen announced that ten acres would be deeded to the first ten settlers of this new town. A surveyor from . . . — — Map (db m174495) HM