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Townsite of Coldspring |
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Courthouse Lawn on SH 150, Coldspring,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 35' 29.64327",
-95° 7' 43.53111999984"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Before founding of town, this land lay in Mexican grant made to Col. Robt. Rankin, veteran of American Revolution. Post office here bore name Coonskin (1847), then Fireman's Hill, and finally Cold Springs (1850). Spelling later became Coldspring. Original town plat contained 14 blocks. First courthouse, of wood, burned 1915. Present stone building replaced it in 1918. By 1923 most of town had moved up the hill to present site. Early schools included an 1847 academy, the 1880 Male and Female Institute, and Mrs. India Grace's private school of 1880s.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Townsite of Coldspring Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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