Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - Black
Historic Place
Addie L. and A.T. Odom Homestead
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About this site
Addie L. and A.T. Odom Homestead is a historic place in Burkeville, Newton County, dedicated in 2012. It is one of 5 historic places documented in Newton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.9691, -93.7076 near Burkeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jim Shankle Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Shankleville Community, McMahan, Isaac, and Wiergate.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2012000197. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Addie L. and A.T. Odom Homestead, dating to 1922, lies in the Shankleville community near Burkeville, one of Texas's Freedom Colonies founded by formerly enslaved people after emancipation. Addie and A.T. Odom built a new life and home in Newton County there, and the property has become a cultural landmark hosting the Texas Purple Hull Pea Festival since 2014. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
Sources: texashighways.comauthentictexas.com
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