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==External links== |
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* [https://www.thc.texas.gov/historic-sites/acton-state-historic-site Official website for Acton State Historic Site] |
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*{{Gnis|1329194|Acton State Park}} |
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*{{Handbook of Texas|id=gha02|name=Acton State Historic Site}} |
*{{Handbook of Texas|id=gha02|name=Acton State Historic Site}} |
Revision as of 19:07, 15 October 2019
Location | Acton Cemetery, FM 167, Acton, Texas |
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Coordinates | 32°26′25″N 97°41′5″W / 32.44028°N 97.68472°W |
Area | 0.006 acres (0.0024 ha) |
Elevation | 745 feet (227 m) |
Designated | 1949 |
Built | 1911 | -1913
Governing body | Texas Historical Commission |
Website | Acton State Historic Site |
Location of in Texas |
Acton State Historic Site, located near Acton approximately 6 miles (10 km) east of Granbury in Hood County, Texas (United States), is the grave site of Elizabeth Patton Crockett, second wife of Davy Crockett, who married him in Tennessee in 1815. She died January 31, 1860. The site also contains the graves of her son Robert and Robert's wife Matilda. A monument was erected in 1913 at Acton Cemetery in over the grave of Elizabeth with money authorized by the Texas Legislature in 1911.
On January 1, 2008, Acton was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission.
The entire site is 12 feet (3.7 m) wide by 21 feet (6.4 m) long, or 0.006 acre (23 m²), making it Texas' smallest historic site.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Christopher Long: Acton State Historic Site from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
External links
- Official website for Acton State Historic Site
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Acton State Park
- Acton State Historic Site from the Handbook of Texas Online