Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park is a memorial in Walker, Texas. Emancipation Park is situated nearby to the cemetery Oakwood Cemetary, as well as near North Side Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huntsville Unit and Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit.
Huntsville Unit
Prison
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Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit, nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Huntsville Unit is situated 3,500 feet south of Emancipation Park.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit
Prison
The James "Jay" H. Byrd Jr. Unit is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men located in Huntsville, Texas. The 93 acres diagnostic unit, established in May 1964, is 1 mile north of Downtown Huntsville on Farm to Market Road 247. Texas Department of Criminal Justice Region 1 James Jay H Byrd Unit is situated 1 mile northwest of Emancipation Park.
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Museum
Sam Houston Memorial Museum is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Emancipation Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntsville.
Huntsville
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Huntsville is a small city of about 45,000 residents, located in Walker County, part of the Piney Woods region of Texas. Huntsville is famous as the home of Texas hero, General Sam Houston with an enormous statue of Sam Houston next to Interstate 45, it's famous as a prison town, and is also home to Sam Houston State University.
Emancipation Park
- Type: Memorial
- Address: Huntsville
- Category: historic site
- Location: Walker, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.73058° or 30° 43′ 50″ northLongitude
-95.5425° or 95° 32′ 33″ westInception
1976Operator
Texas Historical CommissionOpen location code
8626PFJ4+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 13971392991OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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