Marker Inscription
Forerunner of town of Edna; a camp and commissary during the building of the New York, Texas & Mexican railway, 1880-1882. Count Joseph Telfener, one of the railway investors, brought laborers from his native Italy; station was nicknamed for them. Mrs. Lucy Flournoy in 1882 had townsite surveyed on her land here. The name "Edna" honors a daughter of Count Telfener. The "Macaroni" line built only 92 miles before it dropped plan to extend into Mexico; even so, it aided growth in coastal Texas. Since 1885 it has been in the Southern Pacific system.
About this site
Macaroni Station is a historical marker in Edna, Jackson County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Jackson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 48 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.9810, -96.6455 near Edna. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederates of Jackson County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Jackson County, Early, Jackson County, and Jackson County, C. S. A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5239003178. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
