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The trails of roving Indians crossed these hills settled by German pioneers in 1846. A group of Mormons settled at Zodiac in 1847. Created February 23, 1848. Organized June 5, 1848. Named for Richard Addison Gillespie, a Texan from 1837, a defender of the Texas frontier, and captain in the Mexican War who fell at Monterrey, September 22, 1846. Fredericksburg, the county seat.
Gillespie County is a historical marker in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 108 historical markers documented in Gillespie County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 189 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.2754, -98.8731 near Fredericksburg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gillespie County Courthouse (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Gillespie County Courthouse (Library) (1882), Fredericksburg Memorial Library, and Vereins Kirche.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5171010044. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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