Site of the Jones School House

(100 yards west) On land given by John Jesse Jones (1820-1872), who with his wife Margaret Kyle (1830-1896) moved from Alabama to Texas in the 1850s. The 1860s one-room log cabin school house was used also for church and community meetings. It was furnished with teacher's platform and hand-hewn, peg-leg log benches. Two generations of children learned to read, write and figure here, before school was moved after 1900 into the woods about 1.5 miles northeast, and enlarged. It was consolidated with Latexo in 1933. A 63-foot well with rock bottom remains to mark site of Jones School. (1973)

Site of the Jones School House is a historical marker in Latexo, Houston County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 185 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4255, -95.3855 near Latexo. The nearest cataloged historic site is McCarter Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hester-Burns, Parker Cemetery, and Manning.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225007052. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.