College Mound - Texas Ghost Town

COLLEGE MOUND

NAME: College Mound
COUNTY: Kaufman
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Current residents.
REMAINS: Many structures, the cemetery, church.

An unusual name for a town fits the unusual circumstance that created the name. A few families from Indiana and Tennessee first settled the town in the 1840s. During the early days of the settlement, an educated Easterner appeared looking for a location to build a college. He selected as the ideal site a small hill or mound on which to build the school. Before arrangements could be made to start building, the man died and the school was never built. The name College Mound was coined and the community adopted it as the name of their town. The 19th century Methodist church and the well-kept cemetery are worthy of a visit. College Mound is easily accessible on Farm to Market Road 429 in Kaufman County. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth	Church Courtesy Bobbye and Speedy Drake School Courtesy Bobbye and Speedy Drake Cemetery Courtesy Bobbye and Speedy Drake

An unusual name for a town fits the unusual circumstance that created the name. A few families from Indiana and Tennessee first settled the town in the 1840s. During the early days of the settlement, an educated Easterner appeared looking for a location to build a college. He selected as the ideal site a small hill or mound on which to build the school. Before arrangements could be made to start building, the man died and the school was never built. The name College Mound was coined and the community adopted it as the name of their town. The 19th century Methodist church and the well-kept cemetery are worthy of a visit. College Mound is easily accessible on Farm to Market Road 429 in Kaufman County. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Church
Courtesy Bobbye and Speedy Drake

School
Courtesy Bobbye and Speedy Drake

Cemetery
Courtesy Bobbye and Speedy Drake

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