On Farm to Market Road 1681 at County Highway 449, on the left when traveling west on Highway 1681.
Near 1857 Ranch of Samuel and Martha (Hastings) McCracken. Post office, opened 1869, was named by veterans of Sibley's Civil War campaign in New Mexico. Town had businesses, school, blacksmith shop where DeWitt County Sheriff Jack Helm died (1873) . . . — — Map (db m167486) HM
On North Texas Avenue at East 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Texas Avenue.
The town of Rancho existed about one mile north of here for many years prior to the establishment of Nixon in 1906 on the new San Antonio and Gulf Railroad line. This church was organized in 1869 as a mission of the San Antonio Baptist Association . . . — — Map (db m167389) HM
On West 2nd Street at E 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on West 2nd Street.
Many of the first arrivals into the Nixon area were farmers who came to farm the rich "Blackland" around the new townsite.
The first cotton gin in Nixon was that of Will Magee, who in 1906, moved his gin from Union Valley to the new townsite. . . . — — Map (db m289058) HM
On North Nixon Avenue at E 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on North Nixon Avenue.
John T. Nixon was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, July 12, 1836. He migrated to Texas around 1852, and settled just south of Luling in Caldwell County.
When the War Between the States erupted in 1861, John enlisted in Terry's Texas . . . — — Map (db m289053) HM
On West 2nd Street at E 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on West 2nd Street.
In 1901, plans were made to extend the route of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio (GH&SA) Railroad to connect the South Texas towns of Cuero and Stockdale. After the 1904 death of rancher John T. Nixon, his widow, Lucinda, and their . . . — — Map (db m289057) HM
On North Nixon Avenue at E 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on North Nixon Avenue.
The first depot was built in 1906, as the railroad entered the Nixon Ranch. Ferd Weinert had agreed to put up the money for the depot construction. The first depot built burned down soon after completion and a new depot was erected in 1907. The . . . — — Map (db m289054) HM
On West 2nd Street at E 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on West 2nd Street.
In 1908, A.W. Norton arrived in Nixon from Ohio and established the Nixon Ice and Water Company. He was soon making ice and began piping drinking water from his wells to those who wanted "running water."
Around 1920, J.W. Holmes and Sons (Fred . . . — — Map (db m289059) HM
On State Highway 80 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 1117, on the left when traveling south.
Rancho grew up around the country store of Paul Murray, on land he purchased in 1849. His store was located at the intersection of roads that led to the important settlements of San Antonio, Gonzales, Seguin, Cuero, Goliad and Indianola. Murray . . . — — Map (db m167463) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1681 at County Highway 449, on the left when traveling west on Highway 1681.
Original schoolhouse of logs on site given by Harriet Smith Beaty in 1872 to trustees John Coleman, King Holstein, and Samuel McCracken, was replaced 1877 by a frame one on William Cone land, serving as Masonic Hall, Church, Court Room. Union Post . . . — — Map (db m167488) HM
On North Nixon Avenue at E 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on North Nixon Avenue.
As the railroad approached the Nixon Ranch in 1906, a deal was struck with the Nixon family to develop a new townsite. A Southern Pacific Railroad photographer soon arrived on the scene to take pictures of the townsite and its new buildings. These . . . — — Map (db m289056) HM
