Houston County, Texas
Crockett Real Estate and Local Guide
Crockett is the county seat of Houston County in East Texas, a historic timber and county-seat town named for frontiersman Davy Crockett.
Living in Crockett
Sits in the oldest county in Texas and is one of the state's oldest towns, named for frontiersman Davy Crockett who is said to have camped at a nearby spring in 1836. Source: crocketttexas.org
Homes in Crockett
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Crockett home
Monroe-Crook House
1854 Greek Revival home listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Downes-Aldrich House
1893 Eastlake-Victorian house listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Houston County Museum
Local history museum housed in Crockett's 1909 railroad depot
Davy Crockett National Forest
National forest with about 94,000 acres in Houston County and the Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area
Davy Crockett Spring and Mural
Downtown spring where Davy Crockett is said to have camped in 1836, on the El Camino Real de los Tejas