Live Oak County

Created by legislature Feb. 2, 1856, and organized August 4 with Oakville as county seat. Formed from San Patricio and Nueces Counties. Named for its Live Oak trees. County seat moved, 1919, to George West on railroad. Center for ranching, farming, petroleum production and processing. Recreation areas include Tips State Park and Lake Corpus Christi. Historic sites are Fort Ramirez, first settlement; Fort Merrill, built 1850 to protect early settlers; Brownsville-San Antonio Oxcart Road, used by general Santa Anna on the way to the Alamo. Other sites marked.

Live Oak County is a historical marker in George West, Live Oak County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 19 historical markers documented in Live Oak County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 34 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.3099, -98.1136 near George West. The nearest cataloged historic site is Grace Armantrout Museum (museum), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include St George, Early Schools in Live Oak County (George West), and Live Oak County Courthouse.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5297003104. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.