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First named Bois d'Arc then for a short time referred to as Bloomington
Map of Bonham
Go Here For List of Post Office and Post Masters
Schools

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Sandborn Fire Insurance Maps are online for :Bonham , Ladonia, Leonard ,Wolfe City, Whitewright; Each available for different years. Very informative!
If you have trouble getting in, try a second time & if still having trouble - go to their main page and keep trying. Don't fill out the form -- just keep trying to enter.
These Maps give the location of every building down to the outhouses and what they look like, shape,size and type of siding and roof. You can view the whole town a block at a time.
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The Sandborn Fire Maps are available free online to any Texas Resident through the "Texshare databases" program offered by all public libraries in Texas. Ask your librarian for the password and URL of the Texshare, you also will get Heritage Quest with it's free census images, Rev. war penison files, Freedman's Bureau and thousands of online family tree books.

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Information on Rivers, Lakes, Creeks, & Ferry's

TXGenWeb's Texas Landmarks Pages    &   Fannin County

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Place Names with links to maps and pages etc.
-Topographical Maps are marked with 

This map was provided by Billy Suitor who has the original. The scans were pieced together. This was published first in 1927, by the Texas State Agricultural System .This copy is from the 1939 reprint of the 1927 edition. I have added the arrows as not all the names were easy to read in the scans. The red Circles were already on the original copy. The black dots are are buildings along the road.It is invaluable as to the exact location of schools and homes. Save the images on your computer and then enlarge if you cannot see the details . I can also send an unmarked map of an area if you are able to receive large images in the email.

 
• Adams  School
• Allen's Chapel ,Nicholson       Post Office Map
• Allen's Point ,Yew  was the name of thePost Office  there.Map
• Alpha Comm. 6 1/2 miles SW of Bonham , post office
• Anthony north of Savoy , at hwy 1753 & 1752 , Map    , Post Office
• Arkada  Post Office location 7 mi. SE of  Dodd City near Wood's Prairie
• Arledge Ridge School   &  Map
• Asa, between Leonard & Valley Creek had a Post Office
• Ash Grove School & Community Area       & Map & Map 2
• Auvanti  7 mi. SE of Ladonia part in Hunt Co., Post Office
• Bagby NE of Ladonia 4 mi .Post Office Location Map
• Bailey Map of Bailey Area hwy 11 & 78 NE of Leonard Post Office Map & Map 2
• Bantam N. of Windom 5 mi. Post Office
• Bartley Woods  & Bartley Woods School  located near Arkada at Woods Prairie; Map
• Bear Creek
• Bentonville see Edhube
• Bettis School
• Bettis Creek
• Bettes (Bettis ) Community
• Bigbee School &   Map   , also a Cemetery located SE of Telephone sometimes misspelled Bigsby on maps. Store there called Perkinsville.
• Blackberry Plains early name of Savoy had a Post Office
• Blanton's Chapel west of Leonard
• Black Branch Creek
• Blanton Creek
• Blunt just East of Bailey had a Post Office
• Bois d'Arc first name of Bonham  on Post Office List
• Bois d'Arc Creek - This is the main water course in Fannin County , starting SW goes diagonally across the county to the NE corner.
• Bois d'Arc School  seeMap &   Map
• Boyd  School  & Map 2
• Bralley Pool School   -   Bralley Pool Cemetery
• Brawley School
• Brotherton School-  Map 2; west of Dodd City on hwy 56
• Bryant Bluff
• Bugtussle on Merrill Creek N. of Ladonia hwy 50 & 1550  Map  (Photos)
• Burnett School    &     Burnett Community
• Caney Creek Post Office near Savoy, Also called Coontown  ,Map
• Caney Slough
• Carson   E.of Lamasco , aka Gum Springs, Map- Post Office
• Center Grove School ( Center Point is the same)
• China Grove School & Map 2
• Clutter Point S. of Bonham & W. of Gober
• Coffee Mill Creek   & Res.
• Colon Mill School ( IS this Cotton Mill?)  Map 2
• Corinth School
• Cottage Bend School
• Cotton Center hwy 271 5 mi. SE of Bonham Map
• Cottonwood School
• Cottonwood Creek
• Covey Community where the Covey Schoolhouse was
• Crutchfield N.of Hilger Cemetery Post Office
• Danner School &    Post Office CR2610 NE Lake Bonham
• Davis Creek
• Delba 5 Mi. W. of Leonard .  map  hwy 78. A Tornado destroyed it in 1919  Post Office    - History of Delba
• Delba Creek
• Davy Crockett Res.
• Dial hwy 824 almost on county line, Map shows the school, NE of Ladonia. Post Office
• Dodd City 7 mi. E. of Bonham on hwy 56 Map .Called just Dodd at first  ,Post Office
• Dog Town - North West of Ladonia
• Doniphan East side of Bonham Lake Post Office
• Dotson School & Community N. of Hudsonville
• Duplex hwy 273 near Lake Fannin ,N of Ivanhoe , Post Office   ,Map
• Ector   6 mi. west of Bonham on hwy 56 Map of Ector Area Map 2 ,Victor was the first name of Ector Post Office
• Edhube on hwy 121 first called Bentonville.Location of Hampton School Map &  Map 2    S of Bonham Post Office
• Elizabeth's Grove, located where the Valley Creek Lake is today north of Savoy-site of the 'Sinner's Den School'
• Elwood 20 mi. N. of Dodd City , Map on the Red River.Post Office
• Ely   (Map ) on Hwy 898  NE of Whitewright , Post Office
• English School
• Enterprise School, Church &  Community W of Ely on hwy 898
• Fariview  School  & Church  W. of Ravenna is sometimes called the Price Community
• Farmers' College
• Finley School near Sowell's Bluff
• Flagg Springs School
• Flag Springs where the Wall Cemetery is today
• Flat Prairie Community  see North Sulphur
• Fort  Lyday near Dial on the Sulphur River near County line to Delta County
• Fort Warren see Warren
• Foster Valley
• Frank Nw of Bailey on cr1553 Post Office   , Called Taylorville Also.
• Free Hart Prairie -  Map
•   Freeman Creek
• Fulp north of Ector( named for Russell Fulp )Fulp School there, see New Fulp  Post Office
• Garnett's Bluff  Post Office
• Gentry School  - Nobility (The community was Nobility)
• Gober first called Grittersville  Map 1, Map2 ,hwy 271 SE of Bonham,Post Office
• Gossville  location of the Goss Plantation, a large plantation with a lot of employee's who lived on site and it had a school and store.
• Green's Chapel,  N of Honey Grove near Bois d'Arc Creek  &Map
• Grove Hill ---------Oakhill Post Office
• Gum Springs Church  - Location of the Carson Community ( not location of the Carson Cemetery)
• Hail S of Dodd City 5 mi on hwy 2077 Map aka  Biggerstaff  Post Office
• Harrison School & Map
• Hawkin's Prairie on  Coffee Mill Creek at Ivanhoe today Post Office
• Haynes Community located at hwy 898 & 1396 SW of Ivanhoe
• Hickory Creek   Map of the creeks start in Fannin Co.,  in  Hunt County it had  a Fannin County Post Office then  transferred. There is a Hickory Grove just over in Lamar County
• High Prairie    & Map  & Map
• Hilger Community on Onstott Creek E of Bonham , Post Office
• Hogg Community just east of Bailey on 1552  Post Office
• Hopewell School
• Honey Grove hwy 82 E side of the county-  Post Office
• Houghton Community NW of Bailey  Post Office
• Hudsonville  Map,   Just NE of Lamasco was the home of the the county farm/home and an orphanage, Post Office
•  Indian Creek
• Ivanhoe    -  Map ;  earlier called Hawkins' Prairie.  NNW of Bonham.  S. of Tulip Post Office
• Johnson School
• Jones Mill Community
• Kerr School
• King School
• Ladonia S. Of Honey Grove on County Line 1927 Topographical Map
• Lamasco    W of Carson Map
• Lannius     N.of Dodd City - Map
• Lee Creek ( on and near the Bob Lee Cemetery area. Dan'l Lee's Farm)
• Leonard    -Map - Map 1-   Map2 - Post Office
• Liberty School
• Licke (till1857) & Lick (till 1871) Post Office near Dodd City
• Lindsey  SW of Bonham , just N of todays Randolph
• Lindsey Creek (Lindsey Springs)-south and east of Whitewright
• Lone Elm (pronounced EL- UM) School & Map
• Longbranch   location of the Longbranch school near Fulp
• Lyday's Crossing  Community
• Macon's Chapel ( Church of Christ), 3 miles northeast of Leonard.
• Mahurin School
• Marvin's Chapel    hwy 898 W of Ely
• Mayfield  School and Community -N. of Telephone on the River Road
• McCraw's Chapel  & Map
• McRae  Community  6 mi. NE of Ivanhoe  Post Office
• Medlintown W of Trenton on  Chinquapin Creek ( Near the Richland School shown on this map)
• Michigan Prairie & the Michigan School
• Monkstown  ( named for James Monk)- Topographical Map ,  Post Office
• Mooreland  West of Leonard
• Moore's Chapel S. of Bonham StatePark ( named for Absolom Moore)Map & Map 2
• Muddig Community - Muddig School (also called Pecan School)-near Ladonia
• Mulberry  5 mi NW of Ravenna in the far NW corner of    FanninCo, Map1 -Map- first called Rosedale  -  Post Office
• Murphy Creek
• Nacona School
• Nailor     7 mi. NW of Ladonia Post Office
• Narvough (Narvoo) Creek at Elwood
• New Fulp  location of the consolidated schools of Fulp & Longbranch, Map -Carson Cemetery there today
• New Hope Church and School   & Map
• New Warren School
• Newt   on hwy 79 just west of Riverby,  location of the Goss Farm --,Post Office
• Nicholson see Allen's Chapel 6 Mi. NW Honey Grove
• Nobility 7 mi W of Leonard almost to Grayson Co. Line hwy 78 MAP  first Called Gentry,  Post Office
• North Sulpher  (Flat Prairie) Ladonia - Post Office
• Novoco  N. of Honey Grove ,Post Office
• Nunnelee School NW of Bonham Map 2   (Map 3 showing Nunnelee)
• OakHill - Grove Hill's Post Office name,   name of Confederate unit here
• Oakland Also see a class picture exact date unknown
• Oakridge S. of McCraw's Chapel N. of Ladonia - Map
• Orangeville E. of Whitewright,    Post Office  map
•    Parker Grove School  Map
• Pecan Grove Church
• Pecan Gap just over the County  Line E. of Ladonia, in Delta County
• Perkinsville, name of a general store located near the Bigbee School & Cemetery. Named by Mr. Perkins, owner.
• Pickle Creek
• Pike is just over the line into Collin County  SW from Leonard
• Pilgrim's Rest S. of Telephone off hwy 2275
• Pleasant Grove Community
•     Popes' Point
•     Porters School, Chapel , Cemetery and Community
• Portland 5 mi SW of Gober Post Office
• Post Oak School
• Post Oak Community W. of Hudsonville
• Prairie Hill ( aka Prairie Point)SW of Dodd City, 4 1/2miles
• Price Community  see Fairview
• Prosper N. of Dodd City 4miles
• Providence School
• Ragsdale This early settlement was located NW of Monkstown ,W of Riverby Map ; The Richardson Cemetery is located there today.

Post Office
• Rainey (Raney)N. Of Ladonia Post Office
• Ranchetto NNW of Bonham Post Office
• Randolph   - Map -    Post Office
• Ravenna named for Ravines in the area, Map   -Map - Post Office
• Rehobeth   SW of Ladonia
• Reuben (Ruben) 7 Mi. SW of Honey Grove Post Office
• Richlandville , ( Richland School )   WNW of Trenton  Post Office
• Ridings School N. of Bonham , 12 miles ,Post Office
• Riverby& Riverby School ,above Monkstown  , Topographical Map
•      Rockpoint School and Community
• Rogers Community SW of Bonham,  Rogers Comm. named for family but Dover school (changed to Rogers School )Was there.Map
• Rogers Cemetery there today
• Root 7 mi. SE Dodd City Post Office
• Rosedale  - see Mulberry Post Office
• Quinsey same as Dodd City
• Sandy Creek
• Sash    N. of Honey Grove 15 mi   -   Post Office
• Savage  3mi. S. Bailey  -     Post Office   - Map
• Savoy earlier called  Blackberry Plain  - Map2 - Post Office
• Selfs N. of Allen's Point    -  Map 2  - Post Office
• Semple School
• Shaw  West of Leonard three miles  Post Office
• Shilo- Located SW of Bonham, the only thing left is the Shilo Cemetery
• Shiloh Community where life centered around the school-   MAP  -Located North of Honey Grove
• Siloam Church , later moved about a mile west and merged with the Belfountain Church that moved from south -   They formed Union Church ( Union Cemetery nearby)
• Short Creek School
• Silver City  E.  of Gober 5 mil. ( & this information) & Map
• Slade S. of Gober 5 mi.
• Snow Hill School & Map 2
• Sowell's Bluff on the Red River N. of Ravenna  Post Office      named for  Joseph Sowell who was killed in 1841 and buried on the bluff. also there :Sowells' Bluff Bridge .
• Spoonamore Creek School  , a cemetery is nearby
• Spies Lake , located on the Spies 'Plantation' .Large Cotton Plantation
• Spring Hill School
• Sugar Loaf Bottom
• Taylor Grove School
• Taylorville Called Frank earlier NW of Bailey (first named Taylorville for Francis "Frank Taylor"and later 'Frank'.Map
• Telephone  -  Post Office   named after total rejection of all other submitted names, the only telephone in the area was there and the name selected. Telephone Cemetery, and Forest Grove Cemetery there . Map of Telephone
• Terry School  (near Rehobeth Church)
• Three-P Name given to the school for Philidelphia, Portland, and Prairie Hill when consolidated.  Was called Three Point orginally.
• Timber Creek Community N. of Bonham on the Creek, Where Brown Cemetery is today, Site of Brown Church and school, first named for the Timber Creek Union Church and later changed to Brown's Church
• Titus School
• Trenton SW Corner of Fannin County
• Truss Community & School  N. of Ladonia , Post Office  named for John I. Truss
• Tulip on the Red River   -   first called Lexington first Court of the county held here Map   -  Post Office
• Union Hill  SW of Randolph
• Union Valley School often called Swipeout name from theft of buggy whips., location of the Union Church.
• Valley Creek & Valley Creek School     see Map showing school, Post Office at Valley Creek
• Victor see Ector
• Vinyard Grove near Allen's Chapel
• Virginia Point School & Church , near Warren's Post NW corner of Fannin Co.
• Ward Creek Topographical Map
• Warren  ,Warren's Post aka Old Warren in the far NW corner of FanninCounty
• Whatley School
• Whiterock  named for the land  NW of BaileyMap   & Map 2
• Whitewright Partially in Fannin County & Grayson County on the West Central countyline
• Willow Grove School
• Willow Wild Cemetery in Bonham
• Windom E. Of Dodd City Map : Map 2.
• Woods Community _( school later became Bartley - Woods School)
• YEW Post office name for Allen's Chapel