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 Site of Flora
N 32° 33.178 W 095° 27.694
15S E 268868 N 3604403
Texas Historical Marker in front of homes at 19616 County Rd 431, noting this as the site of the early Smith County town of Flora, small and short-lived enough that it has no entry in the Handbook of Texas Online.
Waymark Code: WMVVKM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2017
Views: 1
Marker Number: 12385
Marker Text:
James K. Beene settled in this area in 1845 and established a post office called Flora in 1849. John and Delila Austin and their daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Willis Jones, bought adjacent farms in 1850. Flora community grew up around their properties on the Dallas-Shreveport Road. By 1853, James Monroe Luckey had opened Flora's first store and Carmel Baptist Church was organized nearby. The first sale of a town lot in Flora was recorded in 1855. By 1860 the town boasted three doctors, two blacksmiths, a Masonic lodge and three stores. The hardships of the Civil War years brought about the decline of the thriving community. By 1871 all the businesses were gone, the Masonic lodge had moved to Garden Valley, and Flora became a ghost town. (2001)
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