Texas Historical Marker #03601
Nolanville School. Pioneers who settled this area in the early 1850s built a 1-room log schoolhouse about 1854. That year Bell County was divided into 15 school districts. Nolanville School moved to several different sites in the area. In 1928-29 the last high school class graduated from a 2-story brick schoolhouse in Nolanville. At various times after 1929 the school offered classes in nine or eight grades. At the time of its merger with Killeen's Independent School District in 1972 Nolanville was a six-grade elementary school. A new Nolanville school was built at this site in 1986. (1994) #3601
901 Nolanville Rd., Nolanville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #12482
Nolanville Encampment. In 1889 five families met under a brush arbor to form the Nolanville Church of Christ and within a month had purchased land at this site on which to build a permanent church. That first meeting led to 106 consecutive summer camp meetings dedicated to teaching, preaching and fellowship. The Nolanville encampment drew as many as 1,000 people from a 100-mile radius for ten days each August and became a significant factor in the development of the Church of Christ in central Texas. Families camped in tents and cooked their own meals; the meeting site was modernized over time to provide cabins, running water and electricity. The last encampment was held in 1996. (2001) #12482
?, Nolanville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #16436
Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Pleasant Hill Cemetery has served the citizens of this area since 1855 and is one of the oldest cemeteries in Bell County. The first person to be interred at the site was J. Carmack (d. 1855). Carmack was buried on the farm of pioneer settler Fleming Trigg Cox (d. 1890), who had arrived in the area from Missouri with his wife Mary Guinevera (Leigh) (d. 1907) in 1852. Both Fleming and Mary are buried at the site. In 1907, Samuel and Nicia Jane (Cox) Cox, descendants of Fleming Trigg Cox, deeded 4 1/3 acres to officially form the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Also among the earliest settlers in this section of western Bell County were the Kaiser, Sutton and Shriver families, and each family is represented in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Through the years, several additions of land have been made to the site, which now encompasses more than eight acres. The Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association was organized in 1901 in order to provide maintenance for the cemetery. The association consists of three officers and four trustees and an annual meeting is held at the cemetery on the last Saturday in June. Also in 1901, a tabernacle was constructed on the site that is still in use. Burials in the cemetery include veterans of the Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Today, Pleasant Hill Cemetery reamins active and is open to persons of all religious and ethnic backgrounds. The burial ground serves as a reminder of the hard-working pioneer families who settled this area so long ago. #16436
1.3 miles west of Nolanville on Pleasant Hill Road, Nolanville, TX, United States