Details for Plain Community

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225007038

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Marker Number 7038
Atlas Number 5225007038
Marker Title Plain Community
Index Entry Plain Community
Address
City
County Houston
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 296488
UTM Northing 3480094
Subject Codes settlements
Marker Year 1984
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 4 miles north northeast of Ratcliff off FM 227
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Led by members of the Conner, McKinney and Drennan families, this East Texas farming community was permanently settled in the 1850s. Named for the "Plain Folks" who lived here, the settlement included a school, church, grist mill, cotton gin, post office and this cemetery, which began in the mid-1850s on the Frederick Conner family land. Residents of the community farmed and worked for the nearby 4-C sawmill operation at the turn of the century. Although never recorded as a townsite, the Plain Community has survived as a reminder of early Houston County history.

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