1949 Map of Honey Grove

About this map

Honey Grove serves as the focal point of this postwar landscape, positioned at the junction of the Texas and Pacific railroad and a developing highway network. The area is defined by a dense fabric of rural infrastructure, from the Michigan Prairie School in the north to Harmon in the south, reflecting a period of active rural education and community life before mid-century consolidation. Water management is prominent in the northern reaches, where Coffee Mill Lake and Lake Crockett provide significant landmarks amidst the winding course of Bois d'Arc Creek. For family historians, the sheet is exceptionally detailed, noting numerous community-centered sites such as McCraw Chapel and St Andrews Church, alongside local burial grounds like Oakwood Cem and Shiloh Cem. The transition between Fannin and Lamar counties is marked by these small, named settlements and the intricate drainage of creeks like Sanders Creek and Honey Grove Creek.