Hood County Places
Landmarks & Vanished Communities
This index preserves the TXGenWeb collection of named places, geographic features, historic sites, and vanished communities associated with Hood County, Texas.
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| Feature Name | Type | Latitude, Longitude | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abby Bend | bend | 32.353056, -097.696944 | — | USGS |
| Abe's Landing Ferry | ferry | 32.478333, -097.800278 | Location of Brazos river ferry used by early settlers | Hood County Genealogical Society (HCGS) & Mary Kate Durham |
| Acton | pop place | 32.446667, -097.690000 | Acton School listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | USGS |
| Acton Cemetery | cemetery | 32.440000, -097.683889 | 6 miles east of Granbury, take road 168 off highway 377. | — |
| Acton Masonic Lodge | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Acton Methodist Church | church | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Acton Public Square | civil | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Acton State Park | park | 32.438611, -097.686667 | The park is a small parcel of land within Acton Cemetery where Elizabeth Crockett is buried. | USGS |
| Add-Ran College | school | 32.473889, -097.826389 | Near Thorp Spring, established 1876. In 1890 it became Add-Ran Christian University. The College was moved to Waco, Texas and then in 1910 to Ft. Worth where it is known as Texas Christian University Also Add-Ran School listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Allison | school | 32.540278, -097.962222 | Allison School #1 listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | USGS |
| Allison Cemetery | cemetery | 32.540278, -097.962222 | The Allison Cemetery is located five and one half miles northeast of Lipan on farm and market road 1189. The main gate for the cemetery is located behind the Allison Baptist Church. The cemetery and the church are the remnants of a once vibrant community. Of the estimated 150 graves in the cemetery, only about one half of the inscriptions are legible. As with many cemeteries in the area, sandstone was used for grave markers. The oldest grave sites with these markers have deteriorated with time. Unlike other area cemeteries where markers were loose rocks picked up and put in the ground, the markers at Allison were pieces of work crafted by local rock masons. The soft rock did not stand the test of time. The age of the cemetery is unknown but dates back to around 1865, from what is known about the former Allison community. The cemetery, community, and the former Hood County school were named after the Allison family. | HCGS & Warren Rogers |
| Amulet Cemetery | cemetery | 32.386944, -097.891389 | aka Powell Cemetery | USGS |
| Amulet School | school | 32.386944, -097.891389 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 school records. | HCGS |
| Antioch Cemetery | cemetery | 32.423056, -097.965000 | West of Tolar on 56 about 4 miles | USGS |
| Antioch School | school | 32.423056, -097.965000 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Arrington School | school | 32.420833, -097.883333 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Asbury Cemetery | cemetery | 32.391111, -097.949167 | West of Tolar, go 377 about 3-4 miles to turnoff to the right | USGS |
| Aston House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Aston-Landers Building | historic building | 32.443180, -097.786760 | Erected 1893 as a saloon by Andy Aston & George Landers. Here occurred a 1901 duel that badly injured a non-participating horseman on the square. Crusader Carrie Nation visited Granbury in 1905 and in 1906 voters outlawed liquor. (From Historical marker) | Wayne Moyers wmoyers@flash.net |
| Baker-Doyle Building | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Baker-Rylee Building | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Town Square Service Station | Historical marker |
| Baker's Crossing | river crossing | 32.280120, -097.921700 | Historic river crossing on the Paluxy river | HCGS |
| Bald Knob School | school | 32.344097, -097.751442 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 school records. | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Baptist Cemetery | cemetery | 32.504722, -098.036667 | — | HCGS |
| Barnard Cemetery | cemetery | 32.341944, -097.657222 | People living in the Ft. Spunkey Community used this cemetery as well the Mitchell Bend and later George's Creek Cemeteries. The Barnard Cemetery is called Ft. Spunky Cemetery on USGS map. | HCGS |
| Barnard Knob | summit | 32.338611, -097.634444 | — | USGS |
| Barnardsville School | historic school | 32.360138, -097.645416 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records. Ft. Spunkey School was formerly Barnardsville School. Changed in 1886. | HCGS |
| Bee Creek | stream | 32.482778, -097.773611 | — | USGS |
| Bethel School | school | 32.518333, -098.042778 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 school records. | HCGS |
| Black Ranch | locale | 32.524722, -097.896667 | — | USGS |
| Blue Branch | stream | 32.466389, -097.823056 | — | USGS |
| Bowden School | school | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Lance Key lkey@lipan.net |
| Bowden-Kennon House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Brooks Cemetery | cemetery | 32.260833, -097.895278 | Land given and named for Heustice "Doc" Brooks. Out of Paluxy near county line | USGS, HCGS & V.J. Maloney 1970 papers. |
| Brown House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | J.D. and Georgia Brown House | Historical marker |
| Brushy | pop place | 32.386389, -097.826667 | — | USGS |
| Brushy Cemetery | cemetery | 32.400556, -097.821944 | aka Rough Creek Cemetery or Duckinville Cemetery | USGS |
| Bull Cemetery | cemetery | 32.301667, -097.973611 | — | HCGS |
| Bull Stone House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | John W. Bull Stone House | Historical marker |
| Bush-Morgan-Cherry Building | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Buzzard Roost Community | pop place | 32.279846, -097.934677 | vanished community. New Harmony School located here. Do not confuse with Buzzard Roost Hollow in SW Hood County. | USGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Buzzard Roost Hollow | valley | 32.319722, -097.966944 | — | USGS |
| Camp Crucis | locale | 32.460278, -097.826667 | — | USGS |
| Camp Klebit | locale | 32.471667, -097.822778 | — | USGS |
| Camp Leonard | locale | 32.432778, -097.744722 | — | USGS |
| Carmichael Bend | bend | 32.384167, -097.684444 | — | USGS |
| Cedar Bluff | cliff | 32.483889, -097.757222 | — | USGS |
| Cedar Grove Cemetery | cemetery | 32.326667, -097.739444 | aka Nubbin Ridge Cemetery. | HCGS |
| Cedar Grove Church | church | 32.326667, -097.739444 | The USGS map identifies this church as Cedar Grove. However, the State highway signs identify this location as Nubbin Ridge Road and Nubbin Ridge Cemetery. | USGS |
| Center Mill | pop place | 32.553889, -097.764167 | Grist Mill built by Thomas Parkinson in 1869. In about 1880 changed to ginning cotton. | HCGS & USGS |
| Center Point School | school | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 school records. | HCGS |
| Chapin | pop place | 32.537778, -097.675278 | — | USGS |
| Chapman Spring | vanished community | 32.442432, -097.627747 | — | Mary Kate Durham |
| Chicken Gristle Bend | bend | 32.407222, -097.689167 | Old historic name; now known as Walters Bend | USGS & Jack Stout |
| Cidwell Branch | stream | 32.592222, -097.794167 | — | USGS |
| Colony Cemetery | cemetery | 32.420310, -097.901350 | Cemetery used by nearby Colony residents, a community established by former slaves. The cemetery contains graves that date back to 1876 or earlier This cemetery also was known as Plesant Chapel (Vanished church located in Granbury), Mt.Zion (Vanished church in Colony Community), and Hightower as many Hightower family members are bured there. | HCGS |
| Colony Community | vanished community | 32.421039, -097.901440 | 1870's to 1930's At one time, The Colony was home to some 400 residents, many of them former slaves. Its residents played a major role as farm laborers and as stonemasons in Hood County. However, by the end of the Great Depression in the late 1930s, most of the residents left The Colony and moved to Granbury and other area cities. More on Freed slaves who helped found The Colony Community | HCGS |
| Colony School | school | 32.422400, -097.904300 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Comanche Peak | summit | 32.377222, -097.803056 | — | Virginia Hale |
| Contrary Creek | stream | 32.408889, -097.746389 | — | USGS |
| Contrary Creek School | school | 32.423056, -097.965000 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Cottonwood Creek | stream | 32.588056, -097.908333 | — | USGS |
| Cottonwood School | school | 32.550000, -097.916667 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Cowan Cemetery | cemetery | 32.283611, -097.938333 | aka Vinegar Hill Cemetery. | HCGS |
| Cox Bend | bend | 32.320833, -097.719167 | — | USGS |
| Craig Crossing | crossing | 0.000000, -000.000000 | See Mitchell Bend Crossing. Craig Crossing is correct name for what is now named Mitchell Bend Crossing | Vircy Macatee |
| Cresson | pop place | 32.532500, -097.617500 | History | USGS |
| Cresson Cemetery | cemetery | 32.526944, -097.612500 | Cemetery is actually in Johnson County - just over the county line. | HCGS |
| Cresson School | school | 32.532500, -097.617500 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Crockery Creek | stream | 32.538333, -098.034444 | — | USGS |
| Crow Branch | stream | 32.500556, -097.900833 | — | USGS |
| Daniel House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Daniel-Harris Home | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| De Cordova Bend | bend | 32.367778, -097.646111 | — | USGS |
| De Cordova Bend School | school | 32.367778, -097.646111 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Dripping Springs | spring | 32.532778, -097.942778 | — | USGS |
| Dry Branch | stream | 32.326944, -097.983889 | — | USGS |
| Dry Branch Kickapoo Creek | stream | 32.532778, -098.054722 | — | USGS |
| Duckinville Cemetery | cemetery | 32.401111, -097.821944 | aka Rough Creek Cemetery or Brushy Cemetery | HCGS |
| Dunnagan Branch | stream | 32.290556, -097.932500 | — | USGS |
| Dunnigan Cemetery | cemetery | 32.311111, -097.975556 | — | HCGS |
| East Branch Wolf Creek | stream | 32.389167, -098.003889 | — | USGS |
| Eden Branch | stream | 32.470556, -097.759722 | — | USGS |
| El Tesoro | pop place | 32.392500, -097.648333 | — | USGS |
| Elizabeth Crockett Home | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Site of Elizabeth Crockett's Home | Historical marker |
| Ellis School | school | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Elm Flat Cemetery | cemetery | 32.399167, -097.706389 | aka Wells cemetery | USGS |
| Elm Flat School | school | 32.399167, -097.706389 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Elm Grove Church | church | 32.348611, -097.893889 | — | USGS |
| Evergreen Cemetery | cemetery | 32.530278, -098.029167 | Name from arbo-vitas and live oaks. | USGS, HCGS & V.J. Maloney 1970 papers. |
| Fairview | pop place | 32.514722, -097.801389 | — | USGS |
| Fairview Cemetery | cemetery | 32.502222, -097.798056 | — | USGS |
| Fairview Church | church | 32.511111, -097.796944 | — | USGS |
| Fairview School | school | 32.511111, -097.799444 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Fall Branch | stream | 32.418056, -097.779444 | — | USGS |
| Fall Branch School | school | 32.418056, -097.779444 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Fall Creek | stream | 32.387500, -097.650000 | — | USGS |
| Fall Creek Cemetery | cemetery | 32.397222, -097.650000 | Fall Creek Cemetery Lower off 167 on right; Upper, near Curtis Stewart Farm. All remains in upper cemetery have been moved to Cresson. | HCGS & V.J. Maloney 1970 papers. |
| Fall Creek Community | pop place | 32.397778, -097.651111 | vanished school | USGS |
| Fall Creek School | school | 32.397778, -097.651111 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Fort Spunkey School | school | 32.360138, -097.645416 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records. Ft. Spunkey School was formerly Barnardsville School. Changed in 1886 | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Fort Spunky | pop place | 32.325278, -097.644722 | History | USGS |
| Fort Spunky Cemeteries | cemetery | 32.341944, -097.657222 | Fort Spunky cemetery is listed on USGS map, Nemo, TX 15' quadrangle, 1961. This cemetery was known as Barnard cemetery in earlier times. People in Ft. Spunky area also used used Mitchell Bend, and later George's Creek Cemeteries. | USGS & HCGS |
| Friendship Cemetery | cemetery | 32.417500, -097.865000 | — | HCGS |
| Friendship Community | community | 32.423056, -097.965000 | — | HCGS |
| Friendship School | school | 32.417778, -097.864167 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| George's Creek | stream | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | — |
| Glenn Brothers Building | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Glenn Cemetery | cemetery | 32.353056, -097.990278 | — | USGS |
| Goather Grist Mill | historic site | 32.272222, -097.909722 | Water powered Grist Mill near Paluxy. | HCGS |
| Gordon Home | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Granbury | Historical marker |
| Gordon's Gin | historic site | 32.444444, -097.786111 | Vanished - location of early Cotton Gin. Between Creek and Old Jail | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Goss Hollow | valley | 32.311111, -097.950833 | — | USGS |
| Granbury | pop place | 32.441944, -097.793889 | — | — |
| Granbury Bottling Works | business | 32.448210, -097.786480 | In Business in July 1910. | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Cemetery | cemetery | 32.453056, -097.785278 | — | USGS |
| Granbury Church | church | 32.433000, -097.790000 | In operation in 1910 as Cumberland Presbyterian Church | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Church | church | 32.442340, -097.789990 | In operation in 1910 as "Old School" Presbyterian Church | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury College | school | 32.450020, -097.785400 | Granbury College was first opened as a high school in September 1873 in a rock building on the SE corner of the Square. It moved to a new stone building on the hill now occupied by Granbury Cemetery and on January 8, 1887 the high school became a chartered college. | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Cotton Gin | historic site | 32.446667, -097.788056 | Location of early Cotton Gin. Near 521 N. Houston St., Granbury, TX | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Granbury Cotton Gin | cotton gin | 32.445680, -097.792410 | In Business in July 1910. North Texas Round Bale Co. Cotton Gin. - Leased from American Round Bale Press Co. | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Cotton Gin | cotton gin | 32.446940, -097.787860 | In Business in July 1910. N.A. Perry Gin Co. | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Cotton Gin | cotton gin | 32.445590, -097.759290 | In Business in July 1910. Farmers Gin & Warehouse Co. | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Cotton Oil | building | 32.445680, -097.791390 | In Business in July 1910. Granbury Cotton Oil Co. | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Cotton Yard | locale | 32.448200, -097.785900 | In Business in July 1910. Alliance Cotton Yard | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Depot | railroad station | 32.447850, -097.786820 | The railroad came to Granbury in 1887. The original Depot was construcded of wood and burned ca 1913 and was replaced by present red brick structure. By 1973 the railroad no longer made a stop at Granbury. The building fell into disrepair and was restored by The Depot Preservation Committee. It is now home to the HCGS Library and Archives | HCGS |
| Granbury First Christian Church | church | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury First National Bank | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury First Presbyterian Church | church | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury Ice & Light | locale | 32.447580, -097.784040 | In Business in July 1910. Frisco Ice & Light Co., Granbury, TX. Dynamo, Ice machine, ice vault & freezing tank. | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Light Plant | locale | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury Light Plant | locale | 32.447950, -097.785080 | — | Wayne Moyers wmoyers@flash.net |
| Granbury Lumber | business | 32.445830, -097.786880 | In Business in July 1910. Hood County Lumber Co., Granbury, TX | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Methodist Church | church | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury Mill | mill | 32.446600, -097.791360 | In Business in July 1910. Hood County Mill and Elevator Co., Granbury, TX | HCGS & Sanborn Map Company July 1910 |
| Granbury Municipal Airport | airport | 32.444167, -097.816944 | — | USGS |
| Granbury Opera House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury Stores | locale | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Granbury Town Square | civil | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Grist Mill, A.J. Dodson | historic site | 32.444167, -097.789167 | Location of grist mill ca 1900. Now Shanley House, 224 N Travis, Granbury, TX | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Hanniford House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Harris Building | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Haynes-Burns-Ewell Building | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Herring Cemetery | cemetery | 32.510278, -097.843056 | Named Herring because Elvine Herring first to be buried there. Sometimes cemetery called Blevins, after Uncle Ike. | USGS, HCGS & V.J. Maloney 1970 papers. |
| Herring School | school | 32.510278, -097.843056 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records This school later merged with Hightower School and was known as Hightower Herring School. Probably near this location. | HCGS |
| Hightower Cemetery | cemetery | 32.420310, -097.901350 | Now known as Colony cemetery. Cemetery used by nearby Colony residents, a community established by former slaves. The cemetery contains graves that date back to 1876 or earlier This cemetery also was known as Plesant Chapel (Vanished church located in Granbury), Mt.Zion (Vanished church in Colony Community), and Hightower as many Hightower family members are bured there. | HCGS |
| Hightower School | school | 32.564820, -097.808450 | historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records. This school later merged with the Herring school and was known as Hightower Herring School. The consolidated school was probably located at or near the old Herring school. | HCGS |
| Hightower Valley | valley | 32.568420, -097.808450 | This bend of the Brazos River is known as Hightower Valley. The northern half of the valley is in Parker County, the southern half in Hood County. It's named for the Hightower family that owned much of the valley that is in Hood County. | HCGS |
| Hill City | pop place | 32.307778, -097.848333 | — | USGS |
| Holderness-Aiken House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Holly Hills Cemetery | cemetery | 32.467500, -097.785556 | — | HCGS & Precision Mapping, Streets, v 3.0 |
| Holmes Hollow | valley | 32.286944, -097.910278 | — | USGS |
| Hood County | civil | 32.433333, -097.866667 | — | USGS |
| Hood County Courthouse | civil | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Hood County Jail | jail | 32.551667, -097.803611 | Second county jail. Celebrated in early local ballad. Built to succeed 1873 log jail at a time when lawlessness was rampant.nMain building is late victorian in style. Separate stone kitchen was added upon completion. The jail front section was to have a gallows, but no hanging s have occurred here. Jail admits som 55 prisioners yearly. "Uncle Andy" Walters, a local character once locked sheriff in this jail, but left key with judge on way home. (Copied from plaque, Texas Historic Landmark, 1975) | HCGS |
| Hood County Jailhouse | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Hood County Museum | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Granbury | Historical marker |
| Hood County News | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Horsehoe Bend Cemetery | cemetery | 32.603611, -097.860833 | — | USGS |
| Horshoe Bend | bend | 32.568611, -097.878056 | — | HCGS |
| Ike Branch | stream | 32.449167, -097.680278 | — | USGS |
| Jacobs Branch | stream | 32.551667, -097.803611 | — | USGS |
| Kickapoo Creek | stream | 32.583611, -097.892222 | See Kickapoo Falls | USGS |
| Kickapoo Falls | falls | 32.545278, -097.987500 | The early settlers of Hood County designated the name 'Kickapoo' to a creek that meanders the landscape of the Lipan area. Three miles northeast of Lipan a beautiful water falls runs most of the year on Kickapoo Creek, thus the name Kickapoo Falls was adapted. There are verbal records that can be substantiated, dating back to 1859, that claim the early settlers named the creek and the water falls after the Kickapoo Indians. Modern scholarship on the Kickapoo Indians is very sketchy. What is known for sure is the Kickapoo Indians were recognized as citizens of Spain in 1765 and given land grants in parts of Mexico that later became Texas. The Kickapoo Indians are still in other parts of Texas. *** In July of 1859, my great, great, great, Grandfather, Malachi Gregory purchased the land known as Kickapoo Falls from the State of Texas, making him the original recorded land owner. His brother, Absalom Gregory, purchased the adjoining property. Malachi was a mule skinner, meaning he drove a team of mules. His primary freight was animal hides from the cattle and buffalo trails of West Texas. It is recorded in the Hood County archives that Malachi paid taxes on animal skins. Malachi died and was buried along the trail somewhere near Dallas around 1890. *** Malachi's daughter, Ida Gregory, married Neal Tolbert from the Lipan area and the property passed to the Tolbert family then to the E. J. Seymour family of Lipan. *** Today Kickapoo Falls retains a rustic beauty that has not been disturbed by modernity. There is a current movement to make the area a park. | USGS & Warren Rogers |
| Killing Branch | stream | 32.552778, -097.966389 | — | USGS |
| KPAR-AM (Granbury) | tower | 32.461944, -097.788611 | — | USGS |
| Kristenstad | vanished community | 32.356944, -097.655556 | In the 1920s John Kristensed established a community on what is now DeCardova Bend (Pecan Plantation). The community dispersed in 1943-44. Kristenstad is twelve miles southeast of Granbury in southeastern Hood County. It was established by John B. Kristenstad about 1915 as a Norwegian settlement in the De Cordova Bend of the Brazos River. Though a post office operated there from 1928 until sometime after 1930, the community remained largely undeveloped. Twenty persons lived in Kristenstad in 1936. In 1990 it had a few houses and a cemetery. | HCGS & Virginia Hale virginia@computron.net |
| Kristenstad Cemetery | cemetery | 32.356944, -097.655556 | — | USGS |
| Lake Granbury | reservoir | 32.373611, -097.687500 | — | USGS |
| Lambert Branch | stream | 32.439167, -097.776111 | — | USGS |
| Landers' Ferry Crossing | historic ferry | 32.476944, -097.756944 | Location of Brazos river ferry used by early settlers | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Lees-Bryan House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| Lick Branch | stream | 32.454722, -097.681667 | — | USGS |
| Lipan | pop place | 32.518333, -098.045556 | — | USGS |
| Lipan School | school | 32.518333, -098.045556 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Little Fall Creek | stream | 32.454167, -097.622500 | — | USGS |
| Lollar Branch | stream | 32.331944, -097.811667 | — | USGS |
| Lollar Branch School | school | 32.341667, -097.836111 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Long Creek | stream | 32.524167, -097.830833 | — | USGS |
| Long Creek Cemetery | cemetery | 32.550000, -097.741944 | — | USGS |
| Lookout Point | historic site | 32.433333, -097.966667 | Battle of Lookout Point (or Battle of "The Point of the Timbers") *** "They, upon consultation, determined that it was probable that the party of Indians, after raiding the settlements below and gathering up all the horses they could, would then return toward the latter part of the night along the divide between the heads of Squaw and Robinson Creek. Here was a place where the timber land of Squaw Creek and Paluxy jutted out into the prairie, where the dividing ridge of prairie was narrow and known for a long while as a point of rendezvous for intercepting outgoing parties of Indians." *** The given location is only an estimate. | HCGS & "Hood County History" by T.T. Ewell, page 103 |
| Lusk Branch | stream | 32.419444, -097.678611 | — | USGS |
| Mambrino | pop place | 32.374167, -097.744722 | Mambrino, eight miles southeast of Granbury in south central Hood County, was probably established around 1900. The farming community had ten residents by the mid-1930s, and by the middle of the next decade it had a population of twenty-five and one business. Mambrino did not report population statistics during the 1950s and 1960s. From the mid-1970s through 1990 it reported a population of seventy-four. *** Mambrino was known as Shady Grove before the post office was established. | USGS |
| Mambrino Cemeteries | cemeteries | 32.326667, -097.739444 | Mambrino did not have a cemetery in the community. People used Mitchell Bend, Nubbin Ridge or Elm Flat cemeteries. | HCGS & Vircenoy B. Macatee |
| Mambrino School | school | 32.374167, -097.744722 | The Mambrino Community did not begin to develop until the early settlers began moving north from Mitchell Bend and coming across the river from Fall Creek and Cleburne about 1906 or 1907. Most of the early settlers who started the village came from Mitchell Bend. The Mambrino School was first built in about 1908. | HCGS & Vircey Mcatee |
| Marling Crossing | crossing | 0.000000, -000.000000 | See Mitchell Bend Crossing - The Marling is about 1 mile upstream from Mitchell crossing. | Vircy Macatee |
| Martin Branch | stream | 32.550833, -097.755278 | — | USGS |
| Martin Cemetery | cemetery | 32.489444, -097.981389 | The road leading to the Martin Cemetery is located 4.7 miles from the Lipan City limit on farm and market road 4, between Lipan and Granbury. The cemetery is located on what is now the Diamond A ranch, approximately 2 miles down a gravel road. Although it appears to be a common ranch road, the gravel road is actually a county road and was once the main artery of traffic from the Weatherford area to Tolar. Now there are several ranches with gates and locks across the road in different locations. The cemetery is remote and secluded, but well maintained. Robinson Creek is a short distance from the burial site. It was at this crossing on Robinson Creek that many of the original settlers of Hood County, camped, watered their livestock, and rested from their journey. The age of the cemetery is unknown, as with many Hood County cemeteries. This is also the location for the former Bethel School. Part of the old concrete water fountain still remains. The property was originally donated by the Millington family of Lipan, but the cemetery was already in existence. The casual observer can see how the cemetery developed by the progressive quality of the grave markers. Located in the southeastern corner of the cemetery are the oldest graves. Local residents many years ago identified the large group of stone markers as the burial ground for Indians who were killed in the many battles fought in this area. One of the oldest readable markers has a burial date of 1873, but there are a great many markers behind that particular tombstone with inscriptions that are not legible. Buried in the cemetery are the Hood County descendants of the Martin family. It was this family that that gave the cemetery the Martin name. | USGS & Warren Rogers. |
| Marvin Chapel School | school | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| McCarthy Branch | stream | 32.431389, -097.694444 | — | USGS |
| McCuan Branch | stream | 32.541944, -097.822500 | — | USGS |
| McElroy Cemetery | cemetery | 32.426389, -097.932222 | aka Stroud's Creek Cemetery | USGS |
| McWhorter's Grist Mill | mill | 32.396568, -097.651741 | D.P McWhorter's water wheel grist mill | Kenneth Massey |
| Mill Branch | stream | 32.552500, -097.741389 | — | USGS |
| Miller Cemetery | cemetery | 32.503333, -097.747222 | aka Waples Cemetery | HCGS |
| Milliken Bluff | cliff | 32.616944, -097.873333 | — | USGS |
| Millington Ranch Graves | cemetery | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Martin-Millington | — |
| Mitchell Bend | bend | 32.303333, -097.668611 | Brazos River Bend, earlier known as Tankersley or Craig Bend | HCGS |
| Mitchell Bend Cemetery | cemetery | 32.318056, -097.694167 | Historical marker | USGS & Virginia Hale |
| Mitchell Bend Crossing | crossing | 32.303333, -097.668611 | Brazos River Crossing used by residents of Fort Spunkey and George's Creek area. Was historically known as Craig Crossing prior to modern USGS Maps. | HCGS & Vircy Macatee |
| Mitchell Bend School | school | 32.423056, -097.965000 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records. This school could be located across Hood County line in Somervell County. Mitchell Bend School - is correct that it was used in 1886-1887. There were two schools. In the late 1890's or early 1900's they moved the school about 1 mile north. I do not know how long it was used. In the late 1920's the children in the Bend could not go to school unless they were taken and left with some family near the school. *** In my particular case, I started to school in October after I was 5 in September (late 1920's). We lived in the toe end of the Bend. I was taken across the river and left with an aunt and grandmother at George's Creek and went to school at the Alta Vista school which served the George's Creek and Cox Bend communities. (Just a little bit of extra history to show what a sacrifice getting an education was). Vircy Macatee | HCGS |
| Mount Pleasant Cemetery | cemetery | 32.366389, -097.868889 | AKA Colony or Hightower Cemetery | USGS |
| Mt. Zion Cemetery | cemetery | 32.420310, -097.901350 | Now known as Colony Cemetery. Cemetery used by nearby Colony residents, a community established by former slaves. The cemetery contains graves that date back to 1876 or earlier This cemetery also was known as Plesant Chapel (vanished church located in Granbury), Mt.Zion (vanished church in Colony Community), and Hightower as many Hightower family members are buried there. | HCGS |
| Mt. Zion School | school | 32.762500, -097.917778 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Mule Branch | stream | 32.484444, -097.980556 | — | USGS |
| Nassau Bay Airport | airport | 32.419444, -097.712778 | — | USGS |
| Neri | pop place | 32.363611, -097.774722 | — | USGS |
| Neri School | school | 32.363056, -097.786667 | — | USGS |
| New Harmony School | school | 32.279846, -097.934677 | Vanished school located at Buzzard Roost. | USGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| New Hope School | school | 32.279846, -097.934677 | School listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records TD | USGS, HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Nolan Branch | stream | 32.475278, -097.735278 | — | USGS |
| Nutt Building | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | J.F. and J. Nutt Building | Historical marker |
| Nutt Home | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | David L. Nutt Home | Historical marker |
| Orum Grave | cemetery | 32.336944, -097.984167 | This cemetery is located on private land alongside a private road about 300 feet SW of the intersection of the private road and the county road. This intersection is about 110 feet south of the railroad crossing the xcounty road. | HCGS |
| Painter Grave | cemetery | 32.287200, -097.942413 | Mother Painter & baby on private property | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Paluxy | pop place | 32.270556, -097.907222 | — | USGS |
| Paluxy School | school | 32.270556, -097.907222 | Historical School, Vanished | USGS & HCGS |
| Panter Branch | stream | 32.340000, -097.830000 | — | USGS |
| Panter Branch Hall | locale | 32.345000, -097.890278 | — | USGS |
| Pecan Plantation Airport | airport | 32.353889, -097.676389 | — | USGS |
| Peveler Valley | bend | 32.494444, -097.820833 | — | USGS |
| Peveler Valley | bend | 32.514444, -097.826111 | — | USGS |
| Pinson crossing | crossing | 32.494444, -097.820833 | Brazos river crossing named for Pinson brothers who lived on east side of river in late 1800's. | Mary Kate Durham |
| Pleasant Chapel Cemetery | cemetery | 32.420310, -097.901350 | Now known as Colony Cemetery. Cemetery used by nearby Colony residents, a community established by former slaves. The cemetery contains graves that date back to 1876 or earlier This cemetery also was known as Plesant Chapel (vanished church located in Granbury), Mt. Zion (vanished church in Colony Community), and Hightower as many Hightower family members are bured there. | HCGS |
| Point of the Timbers | historic site | 32.433333, -097.966667 | see Lookout Point | HCGS & "Hood County History" by T.T. Ewell, page 103 |
| Pony Creek | stream | 32.260278, -097.901389 | — | USGS |
| Powell Cemetery | cemetery | 32.386944, -097.891389 | aka Amulet Cemetery | USGS |
| Prairie Creek Church | school | 32.315000, -097.872222 | Historical School, vanished. | USGS & HCGS |
| Prairie Creek Church | church | 32.315000, -097.872222 | — | — |
| Pulltight | pop place | 32.270556, -097.907222 | Pulltight name was changed to Paluxy. | HCGS & USGS |
| Red Bank Creek | stream | 32.562778, -097.875833 | — | USGS |
| Reunion Grounds | historic site | 32.451111, -097.778056 | — | HCGS & Precision Mapping, Streets, v 3.0 |
| Robinson Creek | stream | 32.503889, -097.832222 | — | USGS |
| Rock Church | church | 32.300278, -097.957778 | — | — |
| Rock Church Cemetery | cemetery | 32.299167, -097.959167 | — | HCGS & Precision mapping, Streets, V 3.0 |
| Rocky Branch | stream | 32.395000, -097.650556 | — | USGS |
| Rocky Branch | stream | 32.544722, -097.985000 | — | USGS |
| Rough Creek | stream | 32.419444, -097.782222 | — | USGS |
| Rough Creek Cemetery | cemetery | 32.401111, -097.821944 | aka Brushy or Duckinville | HCGS |
| Rough Creek School | school | 32.400000, -097.965000 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records | HCGS |
| Rucker Creek | stream | 32.449722, -097.763889 | — | USGS |
| Rylee's Ferry Landing | historic site | 32.473056, -097.771667 | Location of early ferry landing | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Rylee's Ferry Master's Cabin | historic site | 32.471944, -097.771667 | Location of early family dwelling built for ferry master. | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Rylee's Rock House | historic site | 32.439444, -097.766111 | Location of early family dwelling built by owner of Rylee's Ferry. Mr. Rylee first crossed the river here in 1854-56. | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Schultz Blacksmith Shop | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Granbury | Historical marker |
| Shady Grove | pop place | 32.374167, -097.744722 | Shady Grove was renamed Mambrino when the post office was established. | HCGS & USGS |
| Shady Grove School | historical school | 32.346474, -097.723206 | Shady Grove School was located about 2.5 miles SW of present Mambrino Community. | HCGS, USGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Smith-Savage House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | Historical marker |
| South Fork Strouds Creek | stream | 32.456667, -097.829167 | — | USGS |
| Squaw Creek | stream | 0.000000, -000.000000 | — | — |
| Star Hollow Creek | stream | 32.486667, -097.940278 | Star Hollow Creek is a tributary of Robinson Creek. | USGS |
| Starve Out Branch | stream | 32.275278, -097.908056 | — | USGS |
| Station Branch | stream | 32.418056, -097.633333 | — | USGS |
| Station Branch Community | vanished community | 32.418056, -097.633333 | — | Mary Kate Durham |
| Stockton Bend | bend | 32.479444, -097.764167 | — | USGS |
| Stockton Bend Crossing | crossing | 32.478889, -097.758333 | Location of Brazos river Crossing used by early settlers. | HCGS & Mary Kate Durham |
| Strouds Creek | stream | 32.481111, -097.804444 | — | USGS |
| Strouds Creek Cemetery | cemetery | 32.426389, -097.932222 | aka McElroy Cemetery | USGS |
| Tankersley Bend | bend | 32.303333, -097.668611 | Brazos River Bend, later known as Mitchell Bend | HCGS |
| Temple Hall Church | church | 32.548889, -097.755000 | — | USGS |
| Thompson Mountain | summit | 32.490278, -097.825556 | — | USGS |
| Thorp Spring | pop place | 32.473889, -097.826389 | — | USGS |
| Thorp Spring Cemetery | cemetery | 32.465556, -097.826667 | — | HCGS |
| Thorp Spring Christian College | school | 32.473889, -097.826389 | Opened Sept. 14, 1910 on the site of Add-Ran College. The college moved to Terrell at the end of 1930 session. | — |
| Thrash-Landers-Hiner House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Granbury | Historical marker |
| Tolar | pop place | 32.388889, -097.920278 | — | USGS |
| Tolar Cemetery | cemetery | 32.378889, -097.914167 | — | USGS |
| Tolar School | historic school | 32.388889, -097.920278 | Historic school listed in 1886-1889 Hood County School Records. | USGS |
| Turkey Creek | stream | 32.558611, -097.796944 | — | USGS |
| Vinegar Hill Cemetery | cemetery | 32.283611, -097.938333 | aka Cowan Cemetery, it's located about 0.75 miles down a private road from a county road. The cemetery is 400 feet SE of the road. There is another smaller cemetery, unknown, about 300 feet further south from the Vinegar Hill cemetery. | HCGS |
| Walnut Creek | stream | 32.413056, -097.690000 | — | USGS |
| Walters Bend | bend | 32.407222, -097.689167 | aka Chicken Gristle Bend in early times. | USGS |
| Waples | pop place | 32.483611, -097.720000 | History | USGS |
| Waples Cemetery | cemetery | 32.503333, -097.747222 | aka Miller Cemetery | HCGS |
| Waters Branch | stream | 32.565833, -097.943889 | — | USGS |
| Weaver Branch | stream | 32.523611, -098.034722 | — | USGS |
| Wells Cemetery | cemetery | 32.399167, -097.706389 | aka Elm Flat Cemetery | USGS |
| Windmill Hollow | valley | 32.346667, -097.974167 | — | USGS |
| Wolf Gin | historic site | 32.532222, -097.622778 | W.W. Wolf Cotton Gin located near Cresson on a creek west of present school. | HCGS |
| Wood Cemetery | cemetery | 32.311111, -097.975556 | aka Dunnigan cemetery | HCGS |
| Wright Branch | stream | 32.399722, -097.640278 | — | USGS |
| Wright-Henderson-Duncan House | building | 0.000000, -000.000000 | Granbury | Historical marker |
| Wylie Cemetery | cemetery | 32.462222, -097.828056 | — | HCGS |
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