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Historical Markers in Garden Valley

 
Clickable Map of Smith County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Smith County, TX (114) Cherokee County, TX (111) Gregg County, TX (153) Henderson County, TX (83) Rusk County, TX (91) Upshur County, TX (32) Van Zandt County, TX (136) Wood County, TX (94)  SmithCounty(114) Smith County (114)  CherokeeCounty(111) Cherokee County (111)  GreggCounty(153) Gregg County (153)  HendersonCounty(83) Henderson County (83)  RuskCounty(91) Rusk County (91)  UpshurCounty(32) Upshur County (32)  VanZandtCounty(136) Van Zandt County (136)  WoodCounty(94) Wood County (94)
Tyler is the county seat for Smith County
Garden Valley is in Smith County
Smith County (114)  ►
ADJACENT TO SMITH COUNTY
Cherokee County (111)  ►
Gregg County (153)  ►
Henderson County (83)  ►
Rusk County (91)  ►
Upshur County (32)  ►
Van Zandt County (136)  ►
Wood County (94)  ►
 
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1 ► Texas, Smith County, Garden Valley — 18824 — Garden Valley —
On Farm to Market Road 1253 south of Farm to Market Road 16, on the right when traveling south.
On January 1, 1851, James L. Davidson purchased more than 1,000 acres in northwestern Smith County, the tract where he founded the town of Garden Valley. The next year, Garden Valley had a post office and its first public road, the approximate . . . — — Map (db m308515) HM
2 ► Texas, Smith County, Garden Valley, Mount Sylvan — 7765 — Union Chapel Cemetery and Church —
On State Road 110 near County Road 447, on the left when traveling west.
The earliest marked grave in this cemetery, that of Olive Cosby Mayne, is dated August 1873, one month before early area settler Amplias Smith deeded 3 acres of land here for a Methodist Church and cemetery. The congregation soon built a . . . — — Map (db m255888) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 12, 2026