Wallisville

Settled in 1825 by Elisha H. R. Wallis, a pioneer from Georgia, on land in grant of Joseph Vehlein, a contractor working to place colonists in Texas. Chambers County was organized in 1858; wallisville was made county seat. A post office was granted in 1859, and town became a thriving retail market. Many county records were burned in a courthouse fire in 1875. A brick and stone courthouse, with a jail and an unique hanging tower (for executions) was completed in 1886. By 1900 the town had 728 people, a shipyard, a lumber yard, a cotton gin, a skating rink, several stores and an export house. By land, there was daily hack service to Liberty; and sloops made regular runs from here to Galveston. Chambers County's first newspaper, "Wallisville Age," was published here. the town remained county seat until 1908 when the courthouse was moved to Anahuac after the famous "County Seat Hog War" over issue of letting animals roam at large. In that year Wallisville lost few people, but in 1915 a storm almost destroyed the town. Part of the historic townsite is now included in Wallisville Reservoir, constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Wallisville is a historical marker in Wallisville, Chambers County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 39 historical markers documented in Chambers County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8384, -94.7360 near Wallisville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mission Muestra Senora de la Luz (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include ion Nuestra Senora de la Luz del Orcoquisac and Presidio San Agustin de Ahum, Blancpain, Joseph, and Wallis Hill Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5071009138. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.