Historical Marker
Central Square
Historical marker location:
Gonzales, Texas
( St. Louis St., Gonzales)
Marker installed: 1966
James Kerr in 1825 was appointed to select and survey a capital for the Mexican land grant colony of Green DeWitt. Kerr named this Gonzales, for Don Rafael Gonzales, then governor of Coahuila and Texas. A 49-block square composed the inner town. This was Central Square.