Historical Marker

New Kentucky

Tomball · Harris County · Dedicated 1936 · THC Atlas #5201010740

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Marker Inscription

Established before 1831. A thriving town until its trade was captured by the present city of Houston, established 30 miles away in 1836. Abandoned about 1840.

About this site

New Kentucky is a historical marker in Tomball, Harris County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 406 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 781 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0793, -95.7604 near Tomball. The nearest cataloged historic site is Roberts, Abraham (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Roberts Cemetery, Roberts African American Cemetery, and HELFRICH.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010740. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

New Kentucky was an early Anglo settlement founded by Abraham Roberts, a member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, who came to Texas in the late 1820s and named the place for his home state. Established before 1831, it briefly thrived as a trade point west of present Tomball. After Houston was founded about thirty miles away in 1836, New Kentucky lost its commerce and was largely abandoned by around 1840, with German immigrants later settling the surrounding Spring Creek community.

Sources: waymarking.com historicalcommission.harriscountytx.gov

📍 30.0793, -95.7604 · Tomball, Harris County

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Nearby in Harris County

Roberts African American Cemetery