As early as the 1850s, families settled here along South Prong Creek. Except for a brief period, a post office operated from 1854 until 1937. The community also supported a school until 1953. It is believed residents made burials at the community . . . — — Map (db m107171) HM
The First Baptist Church of Hemphill has served the community since 1858, when Hemphill was organized. A number families from other states settled Hemphill at that time, including the five families that established the church. The organizing members . . . — — Map (db m107128) HM
In 1858, Sabine County organized the community of Hemphill, named for Texas Supreme Court Justice John Hemphill (1803 – 1862). An election determined that the county seat would be moved from Milam to this new settlement in the center of Sabine . . . — — Map (db m107166) HM
The burials in this cemetery reflect the early history of Hemphill as a developing commercial center and seat of government. The oldest marked grave dates from 1867, nine years after the town was founded. The early gravestone marks the burial site . . . — — Map (db m107223) HM
In 1858, the same year Hemphill became county seat of Sabine County, local residents formed a Methodist Society. Brother John C. Wollem preached at the early gatherings and served until 1870. The young church held services in the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m290428) HM
On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated in the skies over Texas and came to rest in Sabine County. Hundreds of volunteers undertook the difficult task of recovering Columbia and her Crew.
This monument serves as a reminder . . . — — Map (db m107123) HM
Her crew
Rick D. Husband
William C. McCool
David M. Brown
Kalpana Chawla
Michael P. Anderson
Laurel B. Clark
Ilan Ramon
On February 1, 2003, the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 gave their lives in their final mission to . . . — — Map (db m107124) HM
The Macedonia Baptist Church was established on this site in 1885. Though it is likely that there are burials dating from that time, the earliest marked grave is that of Olin Robertson (1828-1906). Ten graves are those of World War I veterans, and . . . — — Map (db m290427) HM
This marks the site of the former home of Hampton and Mary Pratt, pioneer Sabine County residents, and among the very first founders and settlers of Hemphill; the Pratts came from Alabama and established the first general merchandise business in . . . — — Map (db m107125) HM
Sabine County, one of the original 23 Texas counties, is on the eastern border of Texas. It is bound by and named for the Sabine River, which separates the state from Louisiana. Originally, the Ais tribe of the Caddo Indians lived in the area. By . . . — — Map (db m107165) HM
A borderland between Spain and the United States, 1803-1819...Entry for many Anglo-American colonists and travelers after 1820, first included in the municipality of Nacogdoches; After 1832 in the municipality of San Augustine; On December 15, 1835, . . . — — Map (db m240814) HM
An 1858 election called for Sabine County offices to be moved from Milam (7 Mi. N) to this more central location. The new county seat, Hemphill, was named for former Texas Supreme Court Justice John Hemphill. The first courthouse at this site burned . . . — — Map (db m107164) HM
Sabine County commissioners contracted for this two-story Victorian jail building in 1903. It was completed the following year during the county judgeship of James T. Peace. Bricks for the eterior were supplied from the local kiln of Henry Huffman. . . . — — Map (db m107170) HM
Erected to the memory of the Sabine County Texas Boys who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War. 1914-1918
Mack Isom •
Leo Vickers •
Dock Minton •
Marvin Arnold •
Nolan Modaniel •
Elijah Ferguson •
Marvin Mott •
Tommie Bell •
Cram . . . — — Map (db m290430) WM
The community of East Mayfield was built here in 1912 and named for Texas Railroad Commissioner Earle B. Mayfield. Formed around the large lumber mill built by Hiram Knox of the Knox Lumber Company, the town was incorporated in 1914. It had a . . . — — Map (db m241810) HM
In 1946, W.O. Stringer, County Judge and owner of Stringer Funeral Home in Jasper, opened a second facility in Hemphill, on the corner of Worth Street and FM 2971 (Beckcom Road). Stringer hired Tennessee native John Byron Starr, Sr. (1909-1978) to . . . — — Map (db m290429) HM
The son of an early Sabine County family,
William Franklin Goodrich graduated in the
first class of the University of Texas Law
School in 1886. The next year, he wed Bertha
Sutor of Travis County and returned to
Hemphill, where he was a lawyer, . . . — — Map (db m221464) HM
