In 1866 Moses and Mary Jane Hubbard and their daughter Alla moved from Missouri to Collin County, where Hubbard was a successful doctor, farmer, and one of the largest landholders in the area. Concerned with the inadequacy of the local school, the . . . — — Map (db m194794) HM
In 1910 local businessman J. Fred Smith devised a plan to build a downtown shopping area in Celina. Influenced by the "City Beautiful" movement popular at that time, he acquired land, laid off the "Square" and proceeded to build brick buildings . . . — — Map (db m194845) HM
The local Baptist community built a church in 1882 approximately three miles east of Celina, just north of the present Crossroads Cemetery. The property, encompassing 1 1/2 acres, had been jointly owned by brothers Abiel D. and Edmond Stelzer. The . . . — — Map (db m194796) HM
Early Celina settler Richard Tinsley Peterman built this structure in 1914, twelve years after the town moved from its original site (1 mi. S) to the railroad line. The building originally housed a grocery store on the ground floor and rental space . . . — — Map (db m194798) HM
The town of Celina, settled by natives of Celina, Tennessee, was founded near this site in 1870. The oldest grave here is that of a child who died in 1884. W.J. Bounds (1830-1886) donated the land as a community cemetery after the death of Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m194849) HM
