Details for Cedar Springs
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006647
Data
| Marker Number | 6647 |
| Atlas Number | 5113006647 |
| Marker Title | Cedar Springs |
| Index Entry | Cedar Springs |
| Address | |
| City | Dallas |
| County | Dallas |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 704397 |
| UTM Northing | 3632151 |
| Subject Codes | geology; water topics |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on Lemmon Avenue between Hawthorne and Loma Alto Dr. in Craddock Park; Dallas |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | CEDAR SPRINGS Earliest known historic site in Dallas County Visited in 1840 by Colonel Wm. G. Cooke's preliminary exploration for a route between Austin and Red River. A community also called Cedar Springs, established in this vicinity in 1843 by Dr. John Cole, rivalled Dallas in an election in 1848 for county seat. In 1929, the land was annexed to Dallas. |