Zodiac, Texas

Zodiac, Texas
Zodiac is located in Texas
Zodiac
Zodiac
Zodiac is located in the United States
Zodiac
Zodiac
Coordinates: 30°13′29″N 98°47′37″W / 30.22472°N 98.79361°W / 30.22472; -98.79361
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyGillespie
Elevation
1,594 ft (486 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code830
FIPS code48[1]
GNIS feature ID1378977[2]

Zodiac is a vanished Mormon settlement established in 1847 on the Pedernales River, located 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Fredericksburg, in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The area it was located on eventually converted to private acreage, and no trace of the settlement remains today. It was the first Mormon colony established by Lyman Wight in Texas. The second settlement was Mormon Mill in Burnet County in 1851, and his third and final settlement was Mormon Camp in 1854 in Bandera County. In 1936, Zodiac was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, Marker number 10133.[3][4]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ^ "THC Zodiac, Texas". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Zodiac, Texas". Texas Historical Markers. William Nienke, Sam Morrow. Retrieved 11 February 2011.