Moultonbr/Lavaca County, Texasbr/29 35.248' N 97 10.581' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of CR-287 and FM-1680. The marker is on the northwest corner of the intersection.br/ br/Text: At this point was center of original town of Moulton (named, according to tradition, by a man from Moulton, Alabama). First postmaster was James Walker (1856). Town gained statewide fame for the Moulton Institute operated 1874-1895 by Melvin H. Allis, M. A., and wife, Thankful (quot;Aunt Thankquot;). On the faculty was an outstanding teacher of music, Miss Sallie McLean. In 1887, San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad built its line two miles to the east, so town gradually moved there. Old Moulton Cemetery is one mile to the southeast.