Details for Poe Prairie
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5367004062
Data
| Marker Number | 4062 |
| Atlas Number | 5367004062 |
| Marker Title | Poe Prairie |
| Index Entry | Poe Prairie |
| Address | Poe Prairie Ln. |
| City | Millsap |
| County | Parker |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 593215 |
| UTM Northing | 3619428 |
| Subject Codes | settlements; pioneers |
| Marker Year | 1988 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Poe Prairie Cemetery, NE corner Poe Prairie Lane and Poe Prairie Road. Marker is N of tabernacle near flagpole. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | The Poe Prairie community, made up largely of farm families, was named for early settler James William Poe (1853-1934), a Baptist minister who had moved here with his family in the mid-1870s. A cemetery was begun in 1879 with the death of one-year-old Johnie McCasland. Land for a cemetery, school, and church was later given to the community by the McCasland family. The school, begun in the mid-1880s, was merged with the Millsap School District in 1928. The cemetery stands as a physical reminder of the Poe Prairie Community. (1988) |