Historical Marker
Townsite of Zella
Historical marker location:
Tilden, Texas
( From Fowlerton, north about 6 miles on SH 97 (on left just over cattle guard) just before Franklin Ranch Road.)
Marker installed: 1968
Organized 1913, with 189 city blocks laid off along San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad. Structures built included depot, store-post office, schoolhouse, hotel. A water well was drilled. War and the 1917 drouth stifled growth. Few lots were sold; land ownership was retained by founders. (1968).