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 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
