Hood
County Texas Genealogical Society
HOOD
COUNTY COMMUNITIES & PLACES
Landmarks
& Vanished Communities
Acton
Surveyors were at work
in what is now Acton as early as 1845. In 1852 Acton was classified as a
permanent settlement known as Comanche Peak Post Office.
History of Acton by Randle Rash
Another History of Acton by Mary L. Watkins
Brushy Creek
The Colony
A community
established by ex-slaves
The Colony Cemetery R. D. Edwards, Caretaker
& Juneteenth
Community Leader Simon Hightower
Comanche Peak
Comanche Peak:
A Refuge From Civilization
Indian Ceremonies at Comanche Peak
Indian's Quest Guides Him to Comanche Peak
Cresson
Cresson and its
post office were established in 1887. The city was named for John Cresson who headed
a wagon train that passed through the eastern part of Hood County. Cresson
returned later and settled in the area; or was it named after a railroad civil
engineer's hometown of Cresson in Maine? or Pennsylvania?
Cresson Historical & Genealogical Notes Index
Cresson School Building to be Demolished?
Cresson School Centennial Celebration
Cresson Crossties -
by Christopher C. Evans
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DeCordova
DeCordova Now Hood County's Second Largest
City
January 15, 2000 election
Joseph Raphael DeCordova 1808-1868, Texas colonizer,
land agent, and state representative
Fall Creek
Fort Spunky
Fort Spunky Trading Post Photos
Granbury
History of Granbury by Mary Kate Durham, Hood County Historian
Another History of Granbury by Ted W. Mayborn
First National Bank of Granbury
Football Teams in Early 1900's
Granbury
Chamber of Commerce Presidents 1952 to 2003
Granbury City Hall Built in 1933
Granbury Courthouse & Town Square
Granbury High School Poem Written ~1910
Granbury High School
1918 Year Book
Granbury Light Plant Operated 1904-1954
History of Granbury Light Plant
Granbury Light Plant Photographic Tour by Wayne Moyers
Granbury Opera House History 1886-1911
Granbury Square Center of town's activities
Granbury University Training School
Masonic Lodge No. 392 Membership photo ~1945
Masonic
Lodge 392 Past Masters 1874 - 1937
Oak
Trail Christian Academy 1979-2002
Reunion Grounds 1986 Reunion
Victorian Revival of a Wild West Town
Women's Influence on the Granbury Square
Hood County
Another History of Hood County Written in 1926
Hood County Historical Highlights Index to pictorial book
published in 1993 by Hood County News & Hood County Historical Society
1854 to 1856 Migration to Hood County
1867 Hood County Report on Indian Raids,
Murders, etc.
1869 The Raid of the Seven Indians
1887 Hood County Masonic Lodges
1904 Hood County Wind & Hail Storm
Daughters of the Republic Brazos River Chapter
Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway
Hood County Home Demonstration Club
Hood County Retired Teachers Association
History of Hood County Schools by Mary Kate Durham
Hood County Sheriffs Historical Photo Gallery by
Wayne Moyers
Yesteryear
Sheriffs by Mary Kate Durham
Hood County Watermelon Association
Indian Depredations Published in 1889
Massey Home Site and Farm in Fall Creek community
Memories of Growing Up in Hood County by Glenn Etta Thornton Nutt
Parkinson's Mill (Center Point)
Road
Tours by Kathy
Smith, Hood County News
Tommy Houston Ranch
also known in past as I.T. Ranch & Put Ranch
Kristenstad
Kristenstad was
once a flourishing community in southeastern Hood County from 1928 - 1941.
Learn the truth behind this land development venture that captured the nation's
attention and had direct ties to the cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson.
Mystery, intrigue, politics, and romance - it's all here!
History of Kristenstad by Vaudrene R. Smith Hunt
John G. Campbell
Oral History Family lived in Kristenstad
Lipan
Thomas Allen Burns 1832 - 1933 Founder of Lipan
Named for the Lipan Indians who roamed the area
History of Lipan by J. T. Sears, Lipan
Historian
Another History of Lipan by Carl Dean Ator
1921 –
2003 Lipan High School Senior Classes
1936
Electricity Comes to Lipan Contributed by Juanita Windsor McCauley
1994 Lipan High School Class A State
Basketball Champions
Citizens of Lipan Index from Glancing Backward, A History of Lipan,
Texas by Iris Williamson Hubbard
Lipan Fire Department When the laundry truck was rigged to fight fires
Lipan Student & Faculty Photographs
Martin Cemetery Historical Designation
Nemo
Neri
Neri by Hettie Lena Armstrong Hayworth
Nubbin Ridge
Nubbin Ridge Notes by Troy Purselley
Paluxy
The Seeder Post
by Christopher C. Evans
Rock Church
History of Rock Church Community
Temple Hall
Thorp Spring
History of Add-Ran College Located in Thorp Spring 1873
- 1895
Another History of Add-Ran College
by June
Rayfield Welch
Add-Ran College "Play On, Miss
Bertha"
Colonel Pleasant & Nancy Thorp by Barbara Thorp Watkins
Tolar
Tolar was founded
in 1870 by a group of Civil War veterans. The town was named for Civil War hero
Captain Alfred "Alf" H.H. Tolar who was wounded at the Battle of
Gettysburg.
History of Tolar by Jewel Cherry
Another History of Tolar by David Minor
1854 to 1856 Migration to Hood County
Captain Alfred H. H. Tolar Town's Namesake
Tolar Rattlers Naming of High School
Basketball Team
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