Thursday - November 11 @ 11 a.m. - There will be a Veterans Day program at the Veteran's Memorial in Canton, Texas. County Judge Don...

The Van Zandt County Historical Commission 2022 Calendars are here! The theme for this year is "Working In Van Zandt County." Each...

The Van Zandt County Historical Commission collects historical photographs or drawings of people and places in the County. If you have...

The Wallace Methodist Church, outside Canton, was destroyed in a fire in the early morning of October 16, 2019. No official cause of the...

Come experience American Indian history, culture, food, and crafts on July 13, 2019, at the 180th anniversary of the Battle of the...

A historical marker in honor of Isaac Van Zandt, for whom our county is named, will be dedicated at a ceremony on Friday, June 28, 2019,...

The Van Zandt County Historical Commission has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) by the Texas Historical Commission...

Freedom and history will be the themes at an event at Roseland Plantation on June 15, 2019, with Juneteenth festivities and a reunion of...

The Texas African American Museum (Tyler, Texas) invites all to come and celebrate Black History Month at Roseland Plantation, in the...

The Daughters of the American Revolution (Neches River Chapter) and the Van Zandt County Genealogical Society will have a joint meeting...

The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836, was a fast-but-furious fight that resulted in Texas breaking away from Mexico and forming an independent...

At the Texas State Genealogical Society's annual conference in San Antonio, members of the Van Zandt County Historical Commission upheld...