Historical Marker
Site of Old Lexington Village
Historical marker location:
Covington St at Elm St, Hillsboro, Texas
( intersection of Covington St. and Elm St. at the southwest corner of the county courthouse lawn)
Marker installed: 1964
(1 mile South) Founded about 1851 on Jack's Branch. Was Hill County's first settlement and only polling place when county organized on May 14, 1853. For 4 months two log homes functioned as a courthouse until a special election put the county seat at Hillsboro.
Supplemental plate: Marker originally located 4 miles west on SH 22 at Jack's Branch. Relocated to Hill County Courthouse Square 2006 by Hill County Sesquicentennial Committee.