Spanish Colonial Missions, Villas (towns) and Presidios (forts) Along the Camino Real: starting in Mexico.

by Edward Moore

I put this list together because I could not find one like it anywhere else. I had to go to three books to compile this information and they did not all agree!  I have used the most recent sources with the most peer review. All this just to get names and dates!   And, I am not even sure this list is complete. The more I look the more I find.  Peer review and suggestions for additions and corrections are solicited and welcome!

I count 25 mission locations. Many of these are the same mission being moved to several locations. There are 5 presidios and 6 villas.

1. Mission Santa Maria de los Delores, 1698
2. Eagle Pass- Guerro area
a. Presidio San Juan Bautista, 1699
b. Mission San Francisco Solano, 1700
c. Mission San Bernardo, 1702
3. San Antonio region
a. Mission San Antonio de Valero --The Alamo, 1700
b. Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, 1722
c. Mission San Xavier Naxara, 1722
d. Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, 1722
e. Mission San Juan de Capistrano, 1731 (formerly San Jose de los Nazonies in E. Tex)
f. Mission San Francisco de Espada, 1731
g. Mission Conception, Full name , Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Conception de Acuna 1731 (moved from E. Tex)
h. Villa San Fernando de Bexar 1731
4. New Braunfels - Mission Nuestra senora de Guadalupe, 1756 to 1758 Also called San Xavier moved here from former San Xavier in Milam County.
5. San Marcos,
a. Mission Xavier, 1755
b. Villa San Marcos de Neve 1807 to 1812
6. Austin - Mission San Francisco de los Neches , 1730 to 1731 (moved to San Antonio now San Francisco de Espada )
7. Bastrop Presidio Puesta del Colorado 1804
8. San Xavier Missions - on San Gabriel river near Rockdale
Are these missions on the old Camino Real de los Tejas?
a. Mission San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas 1746 to 1755
b. Mission San Ildefonso 1746 to 1755
c. Mission Nuestra Senora de la Cadelaria 1746 to 1755
9. Villa de Bucareli, or Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Bucareli, 1774 to 1778
10. Mission San Francisco de los Neches 1721 to 1730 (Moved to present day Austin)
11. a. Mission San Francisco de los Tejas, 1690 to 1716 moved to Cherokee County
b. Mission San Maria, 1690 -1793
12. Mission Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas 1716 - 1721 Then renamed San Francisco de los Neches 1721-1730
13. Nacogdoches region
a. Mission Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches, 1716
b. Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Conception de los Hainai, 1716
c. Mission San Jose de los Nazonis, 1716
d. Presidio de los Tejas
e. Villa of Nacogdoches, 1714? Abandoned in 1763, Rebuilt in 1779
14. San Augustine, Mission Nuestra Senora de los Delores de los Ais 1717-1719 then rebuilt 1722 to 1763
15. Robeline- Los Adaes region
a. Villa Los Adaes - First Capital of the province of Texas, 1717, abandoned 1719, reestablished 1721
b. Mission San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes, 1717, abandoned 1719, reestablished 1721 moved since then, but still serving the Adaes Caddo Indians.
c. Presidio Nuestra del Pilar de los Adaes 1717, abandoned 1719, reestablished 1721
16. Natchitoches
a. Post St Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches. French