Details for Field's Store Community
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5473009382
Data
| Marker Number | 9382 |
| Atlas Number | 5473009382 |
| Marker Title | Field's Store Community |
| Index Entry | Field's Store Community |
| Address | Intersection of FM 1488 and FM 362, Field's Store, 15 mi. east of Hempstead |
| City | Hempstead vicinity |
| County | Waller |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 218613 |
| UTM Northing | 3340989 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns |
| Marker Year | |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Intersection of FM 1488 and FM 362, Field's Store, 15 mi. east of Hempstead |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Settlers began arriving in this vicinity prior to the Civil War. In the early 1870s Druey Holland Field (1809-72) and his wife Caroline (Perry) (1837-76) opened a general store in the area, and the small agricultural settlement that soon developed became known as Field's Store community. A center of business for the surrounding rural area, the settlement was the site of a school, post office, brick kiln, blacksmith shop, cotton gin and other businesses. Also known as New Hope community, it retains a sense of identity that reflects its early role as the nucleus of pioneer settlement. |