Marlin, TX history

In 1833 Robertson established the capital of his Nashville colony and called it Sarahville de Viesca.

The site was that of Sarahville de Viesca, established in 1834 by Sterling Clack Robertson on the west side of the falls of the Brazos.

By 1837-38 the Marlin family returned to Bucksnort, near Fort Milam, along with the Morgan family.

On January 28, 1850, the state legislature formed Falls County from Limestone and Milam counties.

Marlin incorporated in 1866.

Marlin incorporated in 1867.

The Houston and Texas Central Railroad became the first railroad through the county around 1870.

The Democrats won 82 percent of the vote in the 1876 election.

When the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway came through in 1890-92 it led to the founding of Rosebud, Travis, Lott, Chilton, and Satin, which in turn resulted in a shift of the county’s population from east to west.

The Marlin Compress and Cotton Seed Oil Mills were established in 1892 by a board of directors headed by J. A. Martin.

In 1923 the Marlin Independent School District was established.

In 1925 Doctor Frank H. Shaw built a crippled children's clinic, providing treatment and therapy for handicapped children, including victims of polio and arthritis.

Five times as much poultry was raised by 1930, and corn rose from 376,555 to 1,110,376 bushels.

Manufacturing establishments averaged around twelve during this period and employed the most people in 1967 before declining once again.

Teachers and students were integrated in the Marlin Independent Schools by 1970-71.

Falls County returned Democratic majorities in every election until Richard Nixon’s victory over liberal Democrat George McGovern in 1972.