Marker Inscription
By the late 1850s Eli Coltharp lived beside Cochina Bayou. He opened a store and post office on the stage route west of Nacogdoches. The farm area called Coltharp Hill boasted a gin, gristmill, blacksmith and millinery shops. A school building housed Coltharp Masonic Lodge No. 419, now in Kennard. When the railroad bypassed Coltharp and a sawmill opened nearby in 1901, residents worked at the mill and farming declined. The post office closed in 1909 and Coltharp School consolidated with Kennard in 1925. Many descendants of early settlers remain in the area.
About this site
Coltharp is a historical marker in Houston County, Texas, dedicated in 1979. 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 31.3752, -95.1660. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hagerville Community (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rosenwald School, Allen Chapel Community, and Coltharp.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225011086. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
