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Menard is located along the banks of the San Saba River at the junction of U.S. Highways 83 and 190, approximately 140 miles northwest of Austin and San Antonio in central Menard County. [ 5 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2 ), all land.
Menard County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,962. [1] The county seat is Menard. [2] The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1871. [3] It is named for Michel Branamour Menard, the founder of Galveston, Texas. [4]
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Menard County, Texas. There are one district and two individual properties listed on the National Register in the county. The district is a Texas State Historic Site and includes a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Properties and/or districts are listed in most of Texas's 254 counties. The tables linked below are intended to provide a complete list of properties and districts listed in each county. The locations of National Register properties and districts with latitude and longitude data may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
The Fort McKavett State Historic Site is a former United States Army installation located in Menard County, Texas.The fort was first established in 1852 as part of a line of forts in Texas intended to protect migrants traveling to California.
The Presidio of San Sabá was the second presidio established at the site of present-day Menard, Texas on the San Saba River.The first was the Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas, established by Colonel Diego Ortiz Parrilla in April 1757, the same time that Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá was also founded by Fr. Alonso Giraldo de Terreros some three miles downstream.
Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas, now better known as Presidio of San Sabá, was founded in April 1757 near present-day Menard, Texas, United States to protect the Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá, established at the same time. The presidio and mission were built to secure Spain's claim to the territory.
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Menard County, Texas" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .