Fort McKavett
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Fort McKavett Historic District
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The parade grounds of Fort McKavett State Historic Site and restored officers' quarters.
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 Fort McKavett Historic District
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| Location | S bank of the San Saba River, Menard County, Texas, USA |
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| Coordinates | 30°49′37″N 100°06′29″W / 30.82694°N 100.10806°WCoordinates: 30°49′37″N 100°06′29″W / 30.82694°N 100.10806°W |
| Area | 140 acres (57 ha) |
| Built | 1846 |
| NRHP reference # | 71000955 |
| RTHL # | 4642 |
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| Added to NRHP | July 14, 1971 |
| Designated TSHS | May 17, 1968 |
| Designated RTHL | 1968 |
Fort McKavett State Historic Site is located in Menard County, Texas, United States. Fort McKavett was a frontier fort established as Camp on the San Saba in 1852 to protect settlers from Indian raids. The camp was renamed in honor of Captain Henry McKavett, who was killed in the Mexican-American War battle of Monterrey.
Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, , Davis, Bliss, Richardson, Clark, McIntosh, Inge, and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Sill in Oklahoma. Subposts or intermediate stations were also used, including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and Red River Station, and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin.
On July 4, 1971, Fort McKavett was added to the National Register of Historic Places, number 71000955.
The fort received three Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks: In 1936, marker number 4795 for the site of Fort McKavett; in 1963, marker number 1998 for Fort McKavett C.S.A.; and in 1968, marker number 4642 for the Sentry Building.
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