Post Oak Island Lodge #181, A.F. & A.M.

Settled as early as the 1840s, Post Oak Island was one of this area's earliest communities. There, on September 15, 1855, I.J. Kidd, T. Gatlin, P.A. Middleton, M. Gardner and A.S. Harper established a Masonic lodge. On February 2, 1856, the lodge was officially constituted as Post Oak Island Lodge #181, and by October 1860, lodge members had paid the mortgage on their lodge hall. They moved the hall in 1878 to Sam Smith Springs (Lawhon Springs), and in 1901, they moved it again, to Beaukiss. Despite the relatively small population of Beaukiss, the long-standing institution has maintained a high membership, pulled from the area's dispersed rural communities. (2006)

Post Oak Island Lodge #181, A.F. & A.M. is a historical marker in Elgin, Williamson County, dedicated in 2006. It is one of 241 historical markers documented in Williamson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 448 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.4433, -97.2436 near Elgin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Beaukiss (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lawhon-Gardner, Thrall Hispanic, and Lawrence Chapel Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013604. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.