On County Road 4723, 0.3 miles north of I-30 Frontage Road, on the left when traveling north.
The Hopkins County Commissioners Court established 32 school districts in 1867. District No. 30 became known as Plunkett School in 1903 when a new schoolhouse was built at this site and named for its builder, James W. Plunkett (1829-1914). W. A. . . . — — Map (db m234997) HM
On West Main Street east of Commerce Street (County Road 275), on the left when traveling east.
The grove of black jack trees which gave this town its original name was near an Indian camping ground. The trees stood atop the highest point in present Hopkins County. An Indian trail that crossed the grove later became a major wagon freighting . . . — — Map (db m234998) HM
On Highway 11 at Highway 4724, on the left when traveling west on Highway 11.
Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church organized here before creation of Hopkins County, 1846. Also at Mt. Zion, 1849, Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized with 13 members, by the Rev. Anthony Travelstead. After years of worship in . . . — — Map (db m176407) HM
On County Road 3357, 0.8 miles east of County Road 900, on the left when traveling east.
Often referred to as the Jefferson
Trail road, highway or wagon road or
as the Bonham-Jefferson Road, this
historic roadway traversed
northeast and north central Texas.
Originally used by Native Americans
and known as the Main Caddo Trace . . . — — Map (db m234993) HM
On County Road 3357, 1.1 miles east of County Road 900, on the left when traveling south.
Settlers established the community of Saltillo around 1850 along the
Old Jefferson Road. John A. Arthur III and G.B. Hackleman opened the first
stores, and a post office began operation in 1860. Arthur is credited with
naming the town after the . . . — — Map (db m234995) HM
On Gilmer Street at Connally Street, on the right when traveling south on Gilmer Street.
The oldest banking institution in Sulphur Springs, City National Bank was organized in 1889. The first board of directors included J. J. Dabbs, John T. Hargrove, J. F. Carter, J. A. B. Putnam, W. B. Womack, W. A. Dabbs, and S. W. Summers. A . . . — — Map (db m119781) HM
On Texas Route 154 near County Road 4764, on the right when traveling north.
In the vicinity of Old Tarrant, south of here, the Civil War refugee family of Mrs. Amanda Stone, of Louisiana, was shown great kindness when rescued by Hopkins countians after a road accident. The Stones saw the Texans share the little they had, . . . — — Map (db m119382) HM
On North Davis Street at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling south on North Davis Street.
In the 1850s, Disciples in the pioneer town of Bright Star, also known as "The Sulphur Springs," gathered for religious meetings at neighbors' homes and in a vacant store. Two evangelists, the Rev. Charles Carlton and the Rev. J. M. Baird, organized . . . — — Map (db m187091) HM
On College Street, on the right when traveling west.
Organized in 1852, this church had eight members with Samuel Davidson as the ruling elder. A sanctuary erected jointly by this congregation and the Cumberland Presbyterians on Connally Street burned in 1873. The membership constructed a frame . . . — — Map (db m187093) HM
On Church Street (State Highway 154) at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street.
Established in 1850 by the Rev. Pleas B. Bailey, this Methodist congregation erected the first church building in Sulphur Springs about 1852 on a site in the "Spring Lot" which surrounded the town's mineral springs. The property was purchased from . . . — — Map (db m176479) HM
On Jackson Street North at East Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on Jackson Street North.
Only about a year after they met in 1880, George and Myra (Tuggle) Wilson married and began changing their small town into a bustling city. George and his brother opened a brick plant and were hired to build many prominent buildings such as the City . . . — — Map (db m232773) HM
On Texas Route 154 north of County Road 4764, on the right when traveling north.
The picnic area on SH 19 in Hopkins County is an early roadside park developed by the Texas Highway Department - now Texas Department of Transportation. It was built from 1939-1940 using labor from the National Youth Administration, a Federal Works . . . — — Map (db m120300) HM
Near Church Street west of Loop State Highway 313.
Front
Home County of Texas Confederate General W. H. King
Georgian. Moved to Texas 1861. Rose to rank of colonel, 18th Texas Infantry. Led regiment in Red River Campaign of 1863 to prevent split of South along Mississippi. . . . — — Map (db m119776) HM
On Interstate 30 Frontage Road, 0.4 miles east of County Highway 3341, on the right when traveling east.
Formed from Lamar and Nacogdoches Counties Created March 25, 1846
Organized July 13, 1846
Named in Honor of the Pioneer Hopkins Family Which Came to Texas From Kentucky and Indiana
County Seat, Tarrant 1846-1858 Sulphur Springs, . . . — — Map (db m186645) HM
Near Church Street at Jefferson Street (Business U.S. 67) when traveling east.
The third Hopkins County Courthouse, built in 1882, was destroyed on Feb. 11, 1894 by a fire that also burned the jail and several nearby structures. Plans were soon made for a new court building to be erected on this corner rather than in the . . . — — Map (db m119782) HM
On Church Street south of Houston Street, on the right when traveling south.
Deed records indicate that a newspaper was being published in Hopkins County as early as 1854. It was known as the "Texas Star" and was located in Tarrant, which then served as county seat. In 1855, the printing presses were purchased by William . . . — — Map (db m119745) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2653 at County Road 4808, on the left when traveling north on Road 2653.
After the Civil War (1861-65), during the turbulence of Reconstruction, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rising Star, Alabama, was burned. Members W. A. (Willis) (d. 1920) and Nannie Stewart sought a place where they could worship as they . . . — — Map (db m238386) HM
On Farm to Market Road 69, 1 mile south of Interstate 30, on the right when traveling south.
Unmarked graves here may date to 1872, the year the Richland Baptist Church bought the site and the Richland School was established here. The earliest marked grave dates to 1878; two earlier ones, dated 1873 and 1876, are reinterments. Many . . . — — Map (db m186641) HM
On Highway 154 at Farm to Market Road 1104, on the left when traveling north on Highway 154.
This church traces its history to 1886, when area settlers organized a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was named for the Rev. W. A. Shook, who held the first revival here. The congregation met in a brush arbor or . . . — — Map (db m176511) HM
On Connally Street east of J V Alley, on the right when traveling east.
The Reconstruction era which followed the Civil War (1861-65) was a time of unrest in Texas. In this area a gang of outlaws whipped and killed blacks and harassed other citizens. On August 10, 1868, Capt. T. M. Tolman brought Federal . . . — — Map (db m119744) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2653 at County Road 4738, on the left when traveling north on Road 2653.
Located on land originally belonging to early Hopkins County settler Zacharias Birdwell (1801-1880), the nearby cemetery was first known as Birdwell's Graveyard. The earliest marked grave, that of infant James Becton Herman, is dated 1879, but the . . . — — Map (db m238389) HM
On North Davis Street at Atkins Street, on the right when traveling north on North Davis Street.
Chartered on August 13, 1890, the Sulphur Springs Loan and Building Association is the oldest surviving savings association in the state of Texas. Charter members of the association included local business leaders Phil H. Foscue, W. F. Henderson, T. . . . — — Map (db m187090) HM
On Church Street at Bonner Street, on the right when traveling south on Church Street.
Volunteer fire fighters, organized soon after Sulphur Springs was incorporated (1870), used a "bucket brigade" and hand-drawn equipment to control blazes before the city purchased a steam fire engine in 1888. To summon firemen, this 500-pound brass . . . — — Map (db m119752) HM
On Texas Route 154, 0.4 miles south of County Road 4761, on the right when traveling south.
Eldridge Hopkins, for whose family Hopkins County was named in 1846, donated this site for the county seat. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant (1796-1858), Texas Ranger and Mexican war veteran, Tarrant Post Office was established in March 1847. A . . . — — Map (db m119766) HM
