Greenvine Gas Discovery

(2 mi. Northwest) Apparently the first use in Texas of natural gas for fuel occurred in 1879 near here. William Seidel, a farmer, grist mill and cotton gin owner, and merchant, trying to dig a water well, struck gas at approximate depth of 106 feet. The gas was piped to a farmhouse nearby. Production of gas and oil has spread to 210 Texas counties; 27 pipeline companies export gas. Annual rate of production is about 8 trillion cubic feet. Texas has 42.3 per cent of the proven gas reserves in America, and it has a 19,895-foot well, believed to be world's deepest. (1967)

Greenvine Gas Discovery is a historical marker in Greenvine, Washington County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 156 historical markers documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 368 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.1148, -96.5587 near Greenvine. The nearest cataloged historic site is Greenvine Baptist Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Greenvine Schools, Emmanuel Lutheran Church, and Gaston-Hughes-Steeger.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5477008342. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.