Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Kaufman County Poor Farm

Photographed by Rheba Bybee, July 10, 2016

1. Kaufman County Poor Farm Marker

Inscription. As did many Texas counties of the era, Kaufman County created a poor farm in 1883 in order to provide the indigent residents and families of the area with food, shelter, and medicine. This work program replaced earlier relief efforts. All able-bodied persons were required to work, including resident guards and county inmates convicted of minor crimes who were originally brought from the jail daily for labor; by 1893 they were housed on the farm. In the 1930s the farm was used to demonstrate new agricultural techniques. Usually filled to capacity, the farm operated until the 1970s. By 1997, a cemetery and a few buildings remained.

Erected 1997 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11988.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Charity & Public Work. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.

Location. 32° 33.973′ N, 96° 19.085′ W. Marker is in Kaufman, Texas, in Kaufman County. It can be reached from South Houston Street (County Route 1388) 0.3 miles south of South Washington Street (Texas Highway 34), on the right when traveling

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south. Near Kaufman County Veteran's Memorial. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3001 S Washington St, Kaufman TX 75142, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region

and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kaufman County Indigent Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Kaufman Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); First Christian Church of Kaufman (approx. 1.4 miles away); Church of Our Merciful Saviour (approx. 1½ miles away); First United Methodist Church (approx. 1½ miles away); First Baptist Church of Kaufman (approx. 1.6 miles away); Greenslade Drug Store (approx. 1.6 miles away); Kaufman County Confederate Soldiers Monument

Kaufman County Poor Farm image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rheba Bybee, July 10, 2016

2. Kaufman County Poor Farm

(approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kaufman.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 13, 2016, by Rheba Bybee of Seagoville, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,177 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 13, 2016, by Rheba Bybee of Seagoville, Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.