Goliad Road

Established about 1720 by Spain as "El Camino Real a La Bahia del Espiritu Santo" ("King's Highway to Goliad"). Served for 150 years as a major emigrant, military, and trade road. Became segment of the Chihuahua Road, which connected the Texas Gulf Coast and Mexico. Indians, soldiers from Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States and Confederacy used road for their campaigns. In this vicinity the Goliad Road crossed Salado Creek and paralleled the Gonzales Road in the approach to San Antonio. Its traffic diminished only after railroads came to Texas.

Goliad Road is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 236 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 503 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.3790, -98.4277 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Salado Valley (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Eastview Cemetery, Myra Lillian Davis Hemmings, and Site of the Camp of Stephen F. Austin.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029002206. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.