On County Road 2475 0.5 miles east of County Road 2585, on the right when traveling west.
Land originally owned by James Ball, Sr. (1789-1867), member of pioneer family. Used as burial ground for family and friends. Deeded 1890, by J.S. and Nancy Ball to Audubon community. Incorporated as cemetery association 1962. — — Map (db m245769) HM
On County Road 2475 0.5 miles east of County Road 2585.
In the mid-1800s, proximity to Indian reservations made Wise County a flashpoint of confrontation between Native American tribes and Anglo American settlers. On September 20, 1865, eight-year-old cousins James (Bud) Ball and William (Willie) Ball . . . — — Map (db m245768) HM
On West Elm Street west of O'Neil Street, on the left when traveling west.
By 1882, when the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad built a line to this area, a small agricultural community had developed here on an old Indian trail. First known as Nina, the town was renamed Alvord in 1883, probably in honor of J.B. Alvord, President . . . — — Map (db m245765) HM
On North Wickham Street at West Washington Street, on the left when traveling north on North Wickham Street.
Originally organized as the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1884, First United Methodist Church has been serving Alvord for 130 years. In March 1884, construction began on the new church building with Rev. F.W. Morton serving as the first . . . — — Map (db m245766) HM
On East Franklin Street (Business U.S. 287) west of West Elm Street, on the right when traveling west.
Acknowledged world leader in petroleum conservation.
A third generation Texan, born here in Alvord. Left college to enter service in World War I, earning a battlefield commission as Lieutenant Colonel - at the time the youngest in American . . . — — Map (db m245767) HM
On County Road 2391 south of Old Decatur Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1874, 35 charter members organized Hopewell Baptist Church. The congregation’s first building was located about one mile south at Hopewell Cemetery. In 1887, the church moved here, near the Landmark Hill named Lone Mound. Members built a new . . . — — Map (db m245770) HM
On County Road 1280 0.1 miles north of County Road 1270, on the right when traveling north.
In 1833 early settler Andrew Jackson Jones deeded four acres of land to be used for a church and cemetery. The earliest marked grave in the cemetery dates from that year. After the first church building burned in 1893, the members of Mount Zion . . . — — Map (db m309551) HM
