Poe Prairie, Texas, Parker County ghost town. (original) (raw)

Poe Prairie CemeteryPhoto courtesy Sam Maddox, March 2006

Marker Title: Poe Prairie

Address: Poe Prairie Road of FM 113
City: Poe Prairie Road
County: Parker

Year Marker Erected: 1988

Marker Location:
From Weatherford, take US 80/I-20, 13 miles west, take FM 113, 7 miles south to Poe Prairie Road, cemetery and marker are one block south of FM 113.

	Poe Prairie historical marker Photo courtesy Sam Maddox, March 2006

Historical Marker Text:

The Poe Prairie community, made up largely of farm families, was named for early settler James William Poe (1853-1934), a Baptist minister who had moved here with his family in the mid-1870s. A cemetery was begun in 1879 with the death of one-year-old Johnie McCasland. Land for a cemetery, school, and church was later given to the community by the McCasland family. The school, begun in the mid-1880s, was merged with the Millsap School District in 1928. The cemetery stands as a physical reminder of the Poe Prairie Community.
(1988)
- Gary E. McKee, THC Database Entry Coordinator

Poe Prairie CemeteryPhoto courtesy Sam Maddox, March 2006

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