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Submitted: 7/21/21 • Approved: 7/21/21 • Last Updated: 7/24/21 • R439165-G0-S3
OWENSVILLE
Robertson County's third county seat was located here 1855-69, on land given by D. H. Love (1816-66). The town was Owensville, named for Harrison Owen (1803-96), who was the first county clerk, 1838-47. Public officials, doctors, lawyers, businesses moved here and the town thrived. It was on Houston-Waco mail, stage, and freighting road.
As Civil War (1861-65) county seat, this place armed and dispatched soldiers, and cared for civilians.
After Houston & Texas Central Railway bypassed Owensville in 1868, county records were moved to Calvert. Owensville Cemetery, oldest in county, marks townsite.
(1974)
Contributed on 7/21/21 by radiovector178
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