Winnsboro, Texas, Wood County and Franklin County. (original) (raw)

Winnsboro Tx Central Christian Church

Central Christian Church in Winnsboro
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007

History in a Pecan Shell

Englishman (and early settler) John E. Wynn became the town�s namesake in the 1850s. Originally spelled Wynnsborough, the name was changed to Winnsborough when a post office was applied for in 1855. It was renamed with the current spelling in 1893.

In 1876 a narrow gauge railroad connected the community to Jefferson which was then a prosperous port. The population was a respectable 700 residents in 1885.

The Texas Southern Railroad arrived in 1904 and ten years later the town had 2,300 people which declined to only 1,900 in the mid 1930s. Growth has been slow but steady since WWII, slowly growing to the present (2010) population of 3,252.

Winnsboro Tx Downtown

Winnsboro Tx Downtown building

Winnsboro Tx Downtown brick building detail

Winnsboro Tx Methodist Church

Winnsboro Tx Tinney Methodist Church

Winnsboro Tx Closed Wylie Memorial church

Winnsboro Tx RH McCrary Hardware

Winnsboro Tx School Gym

Winnsboro Tx WPA Project1939 School Gym cornerstone

Winnsboro Tx School Gym 1939

Winnsboro City Cemetery Tx

Winnsboro Tx cemetery tombstones

Winnsboro cemetery tombstones
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007

Winnsboro Tx cemetery tombstone

Winnsboro Tx 1907 Shoot-out marker

Winnsboro Tx rusted truck

Winnsboro Tx caboose

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