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Ladonia Today

In 1990, the population was 761 as the city limit signs currently proclaim.There have been several books published on Ladonia history. One is titled

Recollections of Ladonia: The Town and Its People published in 1991 & compiled by Muriel Champion

Burleson. The second book is titled

A Community Affair: 1836 Toward 2000 Ladonia

published in 1993 by the Ladonia Historical

Preservation Society Committee (Elizabeth Mason,

Jewel Parsons, Rev. Louise Welch,& Muriel Burleson.)

A third booklet is available currently - it is a copy of

the submission to the State of Texas for a historical marker recognition for the town. Contact the LHPS at PO Box 1,

Ladonia,

TX 75449

to purchase a copy. Proceeds from the sale of the book are being used for the foundry fees (making the marker) and local beautification projects.

Another history book on Ladonia is now available.

See the Fannin Books available list.

General info on Ladonia - one can take these as positives or negatives...

Ladonia received a state marker as a historical site in 1998.

The town population is ~761.

It's about 50 miles to Sherman or Mckinney. It's about 65 miles to Mesquite/Garland.It's about 25 miles to Greenville or Paris.But, unless

you have a need to get on LBJ,the drive into Dallas is pretty stress-free.

No "full service" grocers in town - one must drive to Commerce (12 miles SE),Honey Grove (10 miles N), or Wolfe City(10 miles S) to do any "real" grocery shopping (if you've been a big city dweller & are spoiled to certain products not carried by small

town convenience stores)

Ladonia is "wet" & there are 3 stores in town that sell liquor &/or beer - it is one of three in town - this may be a positive to some, negative to others....

Churches in town include: Methodist, Church of Christ, & Baptist, other denominations can be found in nearby towns . Town water is on an artisian well - it's normal temp in some homes unless there has been really high water usage in town;in other parts of town cold taps produce hot water so many locals use their hot water heater as a cold water reservoir during the warm months Texas A&M at Commerce is about 14 miles south & Paris Junior College is about 26 miles NE.

Major industry in town is a beef packing plant on

the east side of town (house is on the west side),kenaf & cotton, & a label company.

There is a new clinic in town on the square -where Bill Burns tractor parts place used to be located. Hospitals are located winin a 30 mile radius in Greenville, Bonham, & Paris.

The average age in town seems to be in the late

40's - early 50's....

The school district is FanninDel - the elementary school is in Pecan Gap & the Middle/High School is in Ladonia - in the late 1990's,the average number of students for the district was ~250....

Lots of old houses & there is a slow but steady refurbishment in process on the town square... There is a municipal airport in Commerce on SH 50 (about 10 miles south of town) & there is supposedly an airport in Paris (about 26 miles NE).

There is also an airport in Greenville which is 26 miles south .

Unless operations have changed, none of these three airports have any commercial customers like AA, Delta, SW, etcetera....It's mostly cropdusters, Pipers, and other small 1-4 person aircraft. For flights with major airlines, one needs to go to DFW (90 miles SW ). Ladonia is on the Texas Lakes Trail (a number of Texas lakes that are grouped together for touristy appeal.)

One of most popular recreational activities is fossil & arrowhead hunting in the North Sulphur River about a mile north of town on HWY 50 going toward Honey Grove.Hunting is generally best after a

good rain. The largest mammoth ever found (which is at the Dallas Museum of Natural history being cleaned & put together right now) was found in the river. Another popular recreational pastime is antiquing at estate sales, auctions & the many local antique shops in Northeast Texas.

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