Tarrant - Texas Ghost Town

TARRANT

NAME: Tarrant
COUNTY: Hopkins
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Near Dallas.
REMAINS: Cemetery and a few occupied buildings.

Named after a noted Texas Ranger and Indian fighter, General Edward H. Tarrant, the town became the first county seat for Hopkins County in 1846. By the 1850s, Tarrant had become a thriving community with a hotel, tannery, gristmill, school, post office, mercantile store and brick kiln among its businesses. But the town had one problem. It was nearly inaccessible to people of other parts of the county during periods of high water. In an election in 1870, Tarrant lost the seat of government to Sulphur Springs. That, coupled with its inaccessibility during heavy rains, caused Tarrant to become a rural community with few residents and a beautifully maintained cemetery. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth	Tarrant Historical Marker Courtesy Trina Haynes Tarrant Cemetery Courtesy Trina Haynes Inside Tarrant Cemetery Courtesy Trina Haynes

Named after a noted Texas Ranger and Indian fighter, General Edward H. Tarrant, the town became the first county seat for Hopkins County in 1846. By the 1850s, Tarrant had become a thriving community with a hotel, tannery, gristmill, school, post office, mercantile store and brick kiln among its businesses. But the town had one problem. It was nearly inaccessible to people of other parts of the county during periods of high water. In an election in 1870, Tarrant lost the seat of government to Sulphur Springs. That, coupled with its inaccessibility during heavy rains, caused Tarrant to become a rural community with few residents and a beautifully maintained cemetery. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

Tarrant Historical Marker
Courtesy Trina Haynes
Tarrant Cemetery
Courtesy Trina Haynes

Inside Tarrant Cemetery
Courtesy Trina Haynes

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