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Central Square

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Gonzales, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 30' 5.94200999988", -97° 27' 8.97527000016"
 
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     James Kerr in 1825 was appointed to select and survey a capital for the Mexican land grant colony of Green DeWitt. Kerr named this Gonzales, for Don Rafael Gonzales, then governor of Coahuila and Texas. A 49-block square composed the inner town. This was Central Square.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Central Square Historical Marker Location Map, Gonzales, Texas