Historical Marker
Site of the Town of Linnville
Historical marker location:
Port Lavaca, Texas
( FM 1090, 1.8 mi. W of SH 35)
Marker installed: 1936
An early Texas port named for John Joseph Linn 1798-1885 A pioneer merchant of Victoria who located his warehouse here in 1831 Around this a settlement grew up which was destroyed by Comanche Indians on August 8, 1840 Erected by the State of Texas 1936.