Shiloh

The small farming community of Shiloh began about 1847 with settlement by the McBride, Hamilton, McFarland, Odom, Anderson, and Woods families. In 1851 John Keith Rankin helped organize a Methodist Episcopal Church, whose members erected a building in 1852. Shiloh School, established in 1856, served the community until the early part of the 20th century. The first burial in the Shiloh Cemetery was that of Montraville Woods, son of Texas patriot Zadock Woods, in 1857. Woods Cemetery, as it is now called, is all that remains of the Shiloh community.

Shiloh is a historical marker in Yorktown, DeWitt County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in DeWitt County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 166 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.0155, -97.4554 near Yorktown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery (historical marker), about 2.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Holy Cross Catholic Church, Upper Yorktown Cemetery, and De Witt County.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5123004679. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.