Marker Inscription
County seat of Lee County. Named for Jabez D. Giddings (1814-78), of Washington County, one of four brothers from Pennsylvania who were Texas transportation pioneers and business leaders. The town was established as a shipping point when Houston & Texas Central Railroad (in which J. D. Giddings was a stockholder) reached here in 1871. A second and third railroad (San Antonio & Aransas Pass, 1889, and Hearne & Brazos Valley, 1913) increased city's prestige. Commission form government was adopted in 1913. A diversified economy developed.
About this site
Giddings is a historical marker in Giddings, Lee County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 47 historical markers documented in Lee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1809, -96.9376 near Giddings. The nearest cataloged historic site is York, Milton Garrett, Sr. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lee County, County Named for Beloved Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and First Baptist Church of Giddings.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5287008152. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
