Cheap Things To Do in Elgin, Texas

Built in 1903 as a train depot through a "union" effort of two independent railroads in the area, the facility was renovated in 2002. A permanent exhibit details the town's history and development through transportation from the early ... More on traveltex

Veterans' Memorial Park in downtown Elgin hosts several special events for the community. More on KidsPlayParks

Inscription. Settled as early as the 1840s, Post Oak Island was one of this areas earliest communities. There, on September 15, 1855, I. J. Kidd, T. Gatlin, P. A. Middleton, M. Gardner and A. S. Harper established a Masonic lodge. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The earliest anglo settlers of this area came to the vicinity in the 1840s. They called their community Post Oak Island for an isolated oak grove between Bastrop and Circleville. Many of these pioneers had moved on by ... More on HMDB

Inscription. A member of, Captain, Jesse Billingsleys, company at, the Battle of, San Jacinto, April 21, 1836, Died in March, 1856. , Erected 1936 by the State of Texas. (Marker Number 14679: ), , Location. 30° 13.662′ ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This congregation was organized in 1894 by German and Swiss immigrants. Originally known as St. Petri Deutsche Evangelische Gemeinde (St. Peters German Evangelical Church), the congregation built this vernacular gothic ... More on HMDB

About New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church Located approximately 5 miles northeast of Manor off of Farm to Market Road 973, New Sweden Evangelical Lutheran Church is a well-known Central Texas la... More on Newswedenelca.org

Inscription. Organized on February 23, 1876, by the Rev. J. O. Cavallin and Swedish immigrants, the New Sweden Lutheran congregation built its first sanctuary in 1879 two miles west of this site (w... More on HMDB

Inscription. Reinhold Mager (1863-1930), a native of Brandenburg, Germany, came to Texas and married Franziska Krueger (1868-1951), a native of the Dessau community in nearby Travis County, Texas. The Magers donated one acre of their ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Founded by Swedish immigrants in the 1880s, this community was named for Amanda Bengtson Gustafson, sister of the towns postmaster. By the 1890s Manda boasted homes, farms, a cotton gin, general store, and blacksmith ... More on HMDB