Historical Markers of Hopkins County
Hopkins County folk love their history, and have the documentation to prove it. The county is home to over 40 historical markers which indicate the area’s transition from pioneer past in the 1840s to thriving commerce in the 1900s and its present as an ever-growing destination to live, work and play.
Here is a list of our county’s historical markers and where to find them. By clicking on the marker name, you can read a complete history of the marker.
Historical Markers
Addran (ghost town) no historical marker marker
Aiguier no historical marker
Arbala
Birthright
Brashear
Brinker
- Richland Cemetery– 7 miles east on Farm Road 69
Como
- Black Oak Baptist Church– Farm Road 69, 17 miles southeast of Sulphur Springs
Coleman Springs
Cumby (Black Jack Grove)
- Mt. Zion Church and Cemetery– State Highway 11, approximately 7 miles outside Cumby
- Black Jack Grove/ Cumby City Park– 100 West Main Street, Cumby
- Plunkett school- 4 miles east on Interstate-30
- Sunny Point Cemetery
- Long Cemetery
Dalby Springs
Dillon (ghost town) no historical marker
Forest Academy
- Forest Academy Cemetery- 7.3 miles south southeast of Sulphur Springs
Gafford Chapel
Greenpond
Greenview
- Greenview Cemetery– Farm Road 1567, 12 miles southwest of Sulphur Springs
Mahoney
- Mahoney Church
Martin Springs
Miller Grove
- Miller Grove Methodist Church- Farm Road 275 at County Road 1142
- Miller Grove Cemetery
- Miller Grove School
North Hopkins
- North Hopkins history (no historical marker)
- Harper’s Hill (located inside Cooper Lake State Park, no historical marker)
Nelta
- Nelta Cemetery
Oakland
- Oakland Cumberland Presbyterian Church– Farm Road 2653, 12 miles northwest of Sulphur Springs
Paint Rock
Pickton
- Harmony Methodist Church and Cemetery- State Highway 11 and County Road 2397
Pine Forest
- Pine Forest Church and Cemetery- FM 269 at CR 3310
- Memorial to James Selen Stout, civil war veteran– Located at Pine Forest Cemetery
Pine Hill
Reilly Springs– No historical marker
Richland
Ridgeway
- Stewart-Birdwell Cemetery– Farm Road 2543, 2.5 miles north of Ridgeway
Saltillo
- Bankhead highway
- Old Saltillo cemetery
Shooks Chapel
Stout’s Creek
- Stout’s Creek Cemetery
Sulphur Bluff
- Sulphur Bluff First Settlement– Farm Road 71
Sulphur Springs
- Ashcroft House– 333 College Street
- Atkins House– Heritage Park, 416 North Jackson Street
- “Big Bell”– Sulphur Springs Fire Department 627 Church Street
- City National Bank– 201 Connally Street
- Century Lake Railroad Bridge– County Road 4706 near Century Lake (no marker)
- Confederate Refugees in Texas– Roadside park on State Highway 19/154, 5 miles north of Sulphur Springs
- College Street Bridge- approximately 1425 College Street
- East Caney Baptist Church
- Eldridge Hopkins Homesite- State Highway 19/154 4.5 miles north of Sulphur Springs
- First United Methodist Church– 301 Church Street
- First Christian Church– (now called Fellowship Christian Church) 207 N Davis Street
- First Presbyterian Church– 129 College Street
- George and Myra Wilson House- Heritage Park Entrance, 416 North Jackson Street
- General WH King– Plaque on courthouse lawn, 118 Church Street
- Hopkins County Courthouse– 118 Church Street
- Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church- 208 Fuller Street
- News Telegram Building– 401 Church Street
- North Liberty Missionary Baptist Church- Farm Road 1537, 5 miles north of Sulphur Springs
- Sulphur Springs Land and Building Association– Behind bank drive in on North Davis Street
- St. Philip’s Episcopal Church-400 Houston Street West
- Union Stockade– 303 Connally Street in the Legacy Ag Credit parking lot
Tarrant (ghost town)
- Old Tarrant Townsite and Cemetery– State Highway 19 approximately 4.5 miles north of Sulphur Springs
Tinrag (ghost town) no historical marker
Tira– no historical marker
Thermo [Crush] (ghost town) no historical marker
Union
- Union Cemetery- Texas Highway154 at County Road 1444
Weaver
- US 67 Centennial Marker
- WWI Memorial Tribute at Weaver Cemetery
- US 67 Roadside park
- Old Jefferson Wagon Road
- Dr. Josiah Smith Home-State Highway 67 in Weaver
- Esca McCord memorial at Weaver Cemetery
- Weaver Cemetery
Winnsboro
- Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery– Farm Road 3019 and County Road 2381
Winterfield
- Winterfield Cemetery
White Oak
Who’d Thought It (ghost town) no historical marker
Woodland
- Woodland Cemetery
Hopkins County Celebrations History
- Juneteenth
- Dairy Festival
- Reilly Springs Jamboree
Hopkins County Significant Events History
Hopkins County Historical People
- Celia Wright
- Bobby McDonald
- Rowena Johnson
- H.W. Grays
- Prince Beachum
- Gloria & JD Franklin
- Valanderous Bell
- Bill Dirks
- Julius Pitts
- H.W. Ridge
- Zebedee Clayton
Hopkins County/ Sulphur Springs Historic Homes
