Marker Inscription
(Settled in 1860s) Original schoolhouse of logs on site given by Harriet Smith Beaty in 1872 to trustees John Coleman, King Holstein, and Samuel McCracken, was replaced 1877 by a frame one on William Cone land, serving as Masonic hall, church, court room. Union post office opened 1883. Stores, gins, saloons, blacksmith and butcher shops were owned by men named Burnside, Cone, Creech, Dunn, Hightower, Hoy, Hudson, Irvin, Johnson, Murray, Magee, Patterson, Spear, Treadwell, Watkins, Wiley, and Wright. Town dwindled when bypassed in 1906 by Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad. (1972)
About this site
Union Valley is a historical marker in Nixon, Wilson County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Wilson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 101 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3209, -97.8431 near Nixon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Albuquerque (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Union Valley Cemetery, McCracken Cemetery, and Nockenut Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5493004865. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
