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History
in a Pecan Shell
Buckner dates from the early 1840s when Arkansan John McGarrah owned 649
acres here. As owner of a trading post, McGarrah saw the influx of settlers into
the area and donated 50 acres for a townsite.
Collin County was established
in April of 1846 and as dictated by state law – county seats needed to be as near
the center of the county as possible. On Independence Day 1846, McGarrah’s prepared
site was selected, although the determining committee failed to select an alternative
as directed. Named Buckner, the town was to receive a post office that year.
But
since the new town failed to meet the letter of the law in that Collin County
voters had no other site to vote on, another election was held in 1848 that resulted
in McKinney being declared the legal
seat of government.
Buckner was deserted within a year and became of one
of Texas ’ earliest ghost
towns. |
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