Site of the Old Town of Texana

Historical marker location:

Edna, Texas

( from Edna, go SE 4.5 miles SH 111, go left at FM Loop 1822, Lavaca-Navidad Riv. Authority)

Marker installed: 1936

Founded in 1834 by Dr. F. F. Wells, personal friend of Stephen F. Austin. County seat of Jackson County from 1835-1883.

Old home of Capt. Clark L. Owen of Civil War fame.

Here the following were first organized in Jackson County: Methodist Church in 1838, Masonic Lodge in 1852, Presbyterian Church in 1855.