Marker Inscription
First county seat of Stonewall County. Erected in 1888. County seat removed to Aspermont in 1898. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Historical Marker
Site of the Courthouse at Rayner
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
About this site
Site of the Courthouse at Rayner is a historical marker in Old Glory, Stonewall County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Stonewall County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 8 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.1203, -100.0923 near Old Glory. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Glory (historical marker), about 2.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Old Glory Cemetery, Stonewall County, and Jackson, General "Stonewall".
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5433004926. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Rayner, platted in 1889, was the first county seat of Stonewall County and once boasted more than sixty city blocks and a three-story stone courthouse built in 1891 to an Italianate design by Elmer George Withers. The town's fortunes collapsed when Aspermont won the county seat in 1898, and Rayner faded into a ghost town. A marker near U.S. 380 between Old Glory and Aspermont notes the courthouse site.
Sources: tshaonline.orgatlas.thc.texas.gov
Get Texas Roam — all 28,000 sites in your pocket
See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum and landmark across Texas on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and check in as you roam.
