A Colony of Freedmen
Members of the Hopkins family came to De Witt County in 1854 as slaves of Judge Henry Clay Pleasants (d. 1899). They worked for a time on a Gonzales County plantation and returned to this area after the Civil War as freedmen. In 1872 Henry Hopkins bought 42 acres of land and established the Hopkinsville community (1 mi. W). Residents of the settlement organized the Antioch Baptist Church in 1873 and began a school about ten years later. Although the school closed in 1956, members of the Antioch Baptist Church continue to worship near Hopkinsville.| HM Number | HM2AKJ |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1983 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, August 19th, 2018 at 11:02am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14R E 663876 N 3212549 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 29.03065000, -97.31711667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 1.839', W 97° 19.027' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 1' 50.34" N, 97° 19' 1.6200000000001" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 361, 830 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 3822 US-77 ALT, Cuero TX 77954, US |
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