Fisher County

Sites of old Indian trail from Mexico to settlements on Texas frontier. In this region in 1856, Colonel Robert E. Lee, then commanding the famed U.S. Second Cavalry (and later General-in-Chief of the Confederate Army), campaigned against the Indians. County formed from Young and Bexar territories. Created 1876. Settled in 1877. Organized 1886. Named for Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794-1839), a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Secretary of the Navy in the Republic of Texas, 1836. Roby, county seat, named for landowners. (1965)

Fisher County is a historical marker in Roby, Fisher County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 15 historical markers documented in Fisher County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 27 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7612, -100.2923 near Roby. The nearest cataloged historic site is Royston Townsite (historical marker), about 3.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include D. W. Stephens No. 1 Discovery Oil Well, Rock House; The Old, and Sylvester.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5151001902. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.