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POE PRAIRIE
, TEXAS
Texas Ghost
Town
Parker
County, Central Texas North
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Poe Prairie
Cemetery gate
Photo courtesy Sam Maddox, March 2006 |
Poe Prairie
Cemetery
Photo courtesy Sam Maddox, March 2006 |
Marker Title:
Poe PrairieAddress: Poe Prairie Road of FM 113
City: Poe Prairie Road
County: Parker
Year Marker Erected: 1988
Designations: na
Marker Location: From Weatherford, take US 80/I-20, 13 miles
west, take FM 113, 7 miles south to Poe Prairie Road, cemetery and
marker are one block south of FM 113.
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Poe
Prairie historical marker
Photo
courtesy Sam Maddox, March 2006 |
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Marker Text:
The Poe Prairie community, made up largely of farm families, was
named for early settler James William Poe (1853-1934), a Baptist
minister who had moved here with his family in the mid-1870s. A
cemetery was begun in 1879 with the death of one-year-old Johnie
McCasland. Land for a cemetery, school, and church was later given
to the community by the McCasland family. The school, begun in the
mid-1880s, was merged with the Millsap School District in 1928.
The cemetery stands as a physical reminder of the Poe Prairie Community.
(1988)
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Gary E. McKee, THC Database Entry Coordinator
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