Marker Inscription
Erected in recognition of the distinguished service to Texas of Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop, 1770-1829. Pioneer Red River empresario, land commissioner of Austin's colony, member of the Congress of Coahuila and Texas. Through his aid, Moses Austin secured from the Spanish government in 1821, the first contract for the Anglo-American colonization of Texas. In his honor, the name of this town and that of this county, a part of Austin's 1821 grant, known as the municipality of Mina in 1834 and the County of Mina after March 17, 1836, was changed on December 18, 1837 to Bastrop. Let this name bring to mind the friend and advocate of the pioneer in a foreign land.
About this site
Bastrop, Baron de, Monument is a historical marker in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1092, -97.3183 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bastrop County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bastrop County Jail, Bastrop County Courthouse and Jail Complex, and Bastrop County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5021009157. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
