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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Kosse

 
Clickable Map of Limestone County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Limestone County, TX (83) Falls County, TX (63) Freestone County, TX (66) Hill County, TX (94) Leon County, TX (20) McLennan County, TX (191) Navarro County, TX (165) Robertson County, TX (66)  LimestoneCounty(83) Limestone County (83)  FallsCounty(63) Falls County (63)  FreestoneCounty(66) Freestone County (66)  HillCounty(94) Hill County (94)  LeonCounty(20) Leon County (20)  McLennanCounty(191) McLennan County (191)  NavarroCounty(165) Navarro County (165)  RobertsonCounty(66) Robertson County (66)
Groesbeck is the county seat for Limestone County
Kosse is in Limestone County
Limestone County (83)  ►
ADJACENT TO LIMESTONE COUNTY
Falls County (63)  ►
Freestone County (66)  ►
Hill County (94)  ►
Leon County (20)  ►
McLennan County (191)  ►
Navarro County (165)  ►
Robertson County (66)  ►
 
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1 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 18240 — Bassett House —
On County Road 666 2 miles north of County Road 668, on the right when traveling west.
What is known as Bassett Farms encompasses nearly 2,500 acres of land in Limestone and Falls counties. The 1875 Bassett House and surrounding Bassett Home Place tract represent the core of the property, retained in family hands for over one hundred . . . — — Map (db m293480) HM
2 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 530 — Brown Family Cemetery —
On State Highway 14 0.5 miles north of County Highway 662, on the right when traveling north.
The Brown Family Cemetery traces its origin to the settlement of North Carolina native Ervin Brown (1801 1875) and his wife Matilda (1807-1871) in Washington County, Texas. In 1846, Ervin and Matilda moved their family to a 1600 - acre farm, in . . . — — Map (db m159060) HM
3 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 820 — Charles Q. Haley —
On N Narcissus Street 0.1 miles south of State Highway 14, on the left when traveling south.
A Volunteer Soldier in the Texas War for Independence 1835–1836 — — Map (db m293479) HM WM
4 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 23255 — Chinese Labor on the Houston & Texas Central Railway —
On East Washington Street (State Highway 7) at S Narcissus Street, on the left when traveling west on East Washington Street.
By 1861, the Houston & Texas Central Railway (H&TC) extended from Houston to Millican, a distance of 81 miles, but construction was halted during the Civil War. After the war, extension of this important transportation and commerce corridor . . . — — Map (db m293478) HM
5 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 1374 — Ebenezer Baptist Church and Cemetery —
On Ebenezer Cemetery Rd (County Road 714) 1 mile south of State Highway 7, on the right when traveling south.
The Ebenezer Baptist Church was organized in 1865 to serve the Head's Prairie and Headsville communities. Delegates to the Trinity Baptist Association meeting that year were J. R. Bullard, William Samuel Clark, and Thomas Seale Head, with the Rev. . . . — — Map (db m293423) HM
6 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 1509 — Eutaw — (Site of Extinct Town is 3 Miles North) —
On State Highway 7 at County Road 704, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 7.
Settled in 1840s on the Franklin-Springfield and Waco-Marlin stage routes. The post office opened in 1856 with Nathan Gilbert, postmaster. Eutaw Lodge No. 233, A. F. & A. M., was chartered in 1859. Among early settlers were Henry Fox, Allen . . . — — Map (db m293477) HM
7 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 18002 — James Alfred Head —
On Ebenezer Cemetery Rd (County Road 714) 1 mile south of State Highway 7, on the right when traveling south.
James A. Head was a Texas Ranger, veteran of the War for Independence, and Republic of Texas legislator. Born in Georgia in 1797, he moved to Texas in 1835, enlisting at San Felipe de Austin in Silas Parker's ranging company and securing a land . . . — — Map (db m293422) HM
8 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 10929 — James Alfred Head —
On Ebenezer Cemetery Rd (County Road 714) 1 mile south of State Road 7, on the right when traveling south.
Soldier, Texas War for Independence. Congressman, Republic of Texas, 1841–1842 — — Map (db m293424) HM
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9 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 14038 — Kimik Kiln —
On State Highway 7 0.1 miles east of Ebenezer Church Road (County Highway 462), on the right when traveling east.
Limestone County historically supported numerous pottery producing kilns. This industry succeeded near area outcroppings of kaolin, or potter's clay within the Wilcox geologic formation. Alberry Johnson began the first county pottery in 1859 near . . . — — Map (db m201961) HM
10 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 14004 — King-Williams Cemetery —
On State Highway 7 at Ebenezer Church Road (County Highway 462), on the right when traveling east on State Highway 7.
Bardin King (1819-1891) and Elizabeth Susan Salter (1822-1879) married in Lowndes County, Alabama in 1842. The following year, they traveled west by wagon with their young son William and Susan’s parents and siblings, settling in Louisiana. Bardin . . . — — Map (db m156969) HM
11 ► Texas, Limestone County, Kosse — 16984 — Kosse Tabernacle —
On North Mignonette (State Highway 14) at Adams Street, on the right when traveling north on North Mignonette.
After evangelist Abe Mulkey led a 1912 Revival at Kosse Methodist Church, City Officials decided to build a Tabernacle to accommodate Kosse's growing religious needs. The frame building, completed that year for $2,000, featured a gable-on-hip . . . — — Map (db m159089) HM
12 ► Texas, Falls County, Kosse — 11872 — Mustang Prairie —
On County Road 283 east of State Highway 14.
Though included in the Sterling Robertson Grant of 1834, Mustang Prairie had only a handful of settlers prior to the Civil War. With Reconstruction and the 1870 arrival of the railroad at nearby Bremond came many business people. The majority of . . . — — Map (db m292113) HM
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026