Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Nacogdoches

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: August 11, 2020

Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Nacogdoches was the name bestowed upon the community of Nacogdoches at the time of the first Spanish settlement there in 1716. The name was used throughout the Spanish period but was discontinued with the establishment of Mexican independence in 1821.

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Bexar Archives, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Nacogdoches Archives, Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University; Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin; Texas State Archives, Austin.

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Spanish Texas

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Robert Bruce Blake, “Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Nacogdoches,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed May 20, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/nuestra-senora-del-pilar-de-nacogdoches.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: August 11, 2020

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