Marker Inscription
Created Feb. 2, 1856, from Kinney county. Organized July 13, 1871. Named for Texas Revolution veteran, signer of declaration of Independence, Texas Legislator Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870). The county centers in an area of dairies, farming, ranching. Hard-travelled El Camino Real (path into Texas History for Louis St. Denis, Spanish Missionaries, Moses Austin and countless troops and settlers) crossed the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, the county seat. Site of Spanish Mission ruins, military posts. Fort Duncan, now a military park, housed both U.S. and confederate troops. (1965)
About this site
Maverick County is a historical marker in Eagle Pass, Maverick County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Maverick County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 20 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.7102, -100.5017 near Eagle Pass. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sumpter, Jesse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Maverick County Courthouse, Maverick County Courthouse, and Eagle Pass C.S.A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5323003260. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
