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Historical Markers in Melrose

 
Clickable Map of Nacogdoches 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 Nacogdoches County, TX (157) Angelina County, TX (63) Cherokee County, TX (111) Rusk County, TX (91) San Augustine County, TX (46) Shelby County, TX (37)  NacogdochesCounty(157) Nacogdoches County (157)  AngelinaCounty(63) Angelina County (63)  CherokeeCounty(111) Cherokee County (111)  RuskCounty(91) Rusk County (91)  SanAugustineCounty(46) San Augustine County (46)  ShelbyCounty(37) Shelby County (37)
Nacogdoches is the county seat for Nacogdoches County
Melrose is in Nacogdoches County
Nacogdoches County (157)  ►
ADJACENT TO NACOGDOCHES COUNTY
Angelina County (63)  ►
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San Augustine County (46)  ►
Shelby County (37)  ►
 
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1 ► Texas, Nacogdoches County, Melrose — 9267 — Cove Springs Cemetery —
On Cove Springs Road (County Road 339) at Melrose Blackjack Road (County Road 350) on Cove Springs Road.
Named for three coves and their springs nearby, this cemetery was originally associated with a local Methodist church. In 1858, Daniel H. Vail deeded 30 acres of land to the congregation for school and church purposes, and a cemetery was also . . . — — Map (db m289567) HM
2 ► Texas, Nacogdoches County, Melrose — 9247 — John Balch —
On Cove Springs Road (County Road 339) near Melrose Blackjack Road (County Road 350).
Participated in the storming of Bexar, 1835 Battle of San Jacinto, 1836, Born in Tennessee in 1812, Died in 1900. His wife Elizabeth Rogers Balch, Born 1826, Died 1893 — — Map (db m289566) HM
3 ► Texas, Nacogdoches County, Melrose — 12 — Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road — Marker #12 — El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail —
On San Augustine Highway (State Highway 21) at Road 302, on the right when traveling west on San Augustine Highway.
Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A.D. 1918 — — Map (db m219123) HM
4 ► Texas, Nacogdoches County, Melrose — 9251 — Pioneer Texas Oil Man — Lyne Taliaferro Barret — (1832-1913) —
On El Camino Real (State Highway 21).
Born in Virginia. Came with parents to Texas, 1842. Married Angelina Thomas. Had 9 children. Drilled the first oil well in Texas, 1866. If efforts to drill early in 1859 had succeeded, he would have completed first oil well in the United States. . . . — — Map (db m53545) HM
5 ► Texas, Nacogdoches County, Melrose — 9272 — Site of "El Atascoso" —
On State Highway 21 1.5 miles east of Farm to Market Road 226, on the left when traveling west.
In 1782, local Spanish official Antonio Gil Y'Barbo granted a league of land "at the place named El Atascoso for a ranch and cultivation" to Nacogdoches citizen Miguel de Cordova. Named for a creek that ran through the site, "El Atascoso" was . . . — — Map (db m221311) HM
 
 
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026