Details for Fink

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5181007362

Data

Marker Number 7362
Atlas Number 5181007362
Marker Title Fink
Index Entry Fink
Address
City Pottsboro
County Grayson
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 714969
UTM Northing 3742421
Subject Codes cities and towns; settlements
Marker Year 1988
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 3 mi. north of Pottsboro on FM 120 at Georgetown Rd. (FM 406)
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text A community grew up near Fort Johnson on the Texas Military Road (also known as the Shawnee Trail) in the 1840s. Earlier called Georgetown and Reevesville, the settlement became known as Fink when a post office (500 feet north) was established in 1897 and named for Fiedrick Finke (1858-1920), a German immigrant who had come to Grayson County in 1884. The post office was discontinued in 1908. Never incorporated, Fink was eventually included within the boundaries of Pottsboro. In the 1960s local residents began annual Fink celebrations.

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