Place Names

An Index to Hopkins County Place Names
Information on Hopkins County Place Names is available from:

• Land Survey Abstract Indexes of original land owners:  US GenWeb Archives
• The table below, compiled by HCGS:

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR INDEX TO HOPKINS COUNTY PLACE NAMES

(“I take no credit for location all these place names. The bibliography lists the sources in which I found these place names mentioned. My main contribution was collecting the information and devising the index. I know it is not perfect and I hope its publication will result in refinement and improvement.” Mack W. Mullins)

Adams, Florene Chapman. HOPKINS COUNTY AND OUR HERITAGE, (Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1976.)

Boyd, Ernest Mack. AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, (Unpublished Masters Thesis, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1967.)

Brice, Sydney. A CENTURY OF MEMORIES, (Echo Publishing Company, 1954)

Bullinger, Edwin W. THE MONITORING GUIDE TO POST OFFICES AND RAILROAD STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES & CANADA IN 1876. New York, 1876, Reprinted 1976.

Fleming, E.B. EARLY HISTORY OF HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS. (1902, Reprinted 1976 by Hopkins County Historical Society.)

Hare, David Hugh “Dick”. THE TELL OF TIME: PEOPLE & PLACES & THINGS OF SULPHUR BLUFF & HOPKINS COUNTY.

(Pioneer Book Publishers, Hereford, Texas, 1972.)

Johnson, Roy L. THE STORY OF REHOBOTH. (Executive Board, Rehoboth Baptist Association, Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1938)

Long, Mattie Mae. SULPHUR SPRINGS SIXTY YEARS AGO (1920) (Hopkins County Historical Society, 1980.)

Orren, G.G. THE HISTORY OF HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS. (Master’s Thesis, East Texas State University, 1938.)

Patman, Wright. HISTORY OF POST OFFICES-FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS. (Texarkana, Texas.)

Polk, R.L. TEXAS BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER, 1883-1884. R.L. Polk Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas.)

Rehoboth Baptist Association. REHOBOTH BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. (Unpublished Associational Reports, 1858-1910. The Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, Texas)

St. Clair, Gladys. A HISTORY OF HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS. (Library Binding Company, Waco, Texas, 1965.)

Swindell, Ellie and Harrington, Vera. REILLY SPRINGS HERITAGE, 1850-1977, (Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1977.)

Tarpley, Fred. PLACE NAMES OF NORTHEAST TEXAS, (Educational Research & Field Services Division, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, 1969.)

U.S. Geological Survey. TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS OF HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS,

(Washington, D.C., 1981) Maps 67 & 68.

Webb, Walter P. THE HANDBOOK OF TEXAS, (Lakeside Press, Austin, Texas, 1952.)Volumes I, II, III.

Wright, Celia M. HERITAGE FROM THE PAST: SKETCHES FROM HOPKINS COUNTY HISTORY (The Shining Path Press, Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1959.)

Wright, Celia M. SENTINELS FOR A CENTURY, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, 1859-1959, (Hughes Printing Company, Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1959.)