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About this site
Fort McKavett is a state historic site in Texas, Texas. It is one of 24 state historic sites documented in Texas in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 24 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.8260, -100.1088. The nearest cataloged historic site is Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site (state historic site), about 83 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fort Lancaster, Fort Lancaster, and Landmark Inn.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #P092. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Fort McKavett State Historic Site is a former United States Army installation in Menard County, Texas, first established in 1852 as part of a line of frontier forts intended to protect migrants traveling to California. Abandoned in 1859 and used as a Confederate outpost from 1861 to 1863, it was reoccupied and rebuilt by the U.S. Army in the later 1860s and was at times garrisoned by the all-African American 'Buffalo Soldier' 24th Infantry and 9th Cavalry Regiments. The fort was permanently abandoned in June 1883, after which the surrounding town gradually declined into a ghost town. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1971, is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and is managed by the state of Texas.
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