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About this site
Acton is a state historic site in Texas, Texas. It is one of 24 state historic sites documented in Texas in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 24 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.4402, -97.6847. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederate Reunion Grounds (state historic site), about 86 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fort Griffin, Eisenhower Birthplace, and Sam Rayburn House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #P011. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Acton State Historic Site, near Acton about six miles east of Granbury in Hood County, Texas, is the grave site of Elizabeth Patton Crockett, second wife of frontiersman and former U.S. Representative Davy Crockett, who died at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. Elizabeth died in 1860, and a monument was erected over her grave at Acton Cemetery in 1913 with funds authorized by the Texas Legislature in 1911. The site, which also contains the graves of her son Robert and his wife Matilda, measures only about 0.006 acre, making it the smallest state historic site in Texas. On January 1, 2008, it was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission.
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