Stephens County Texas Index of Landmarks & Vanished Communities

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Feature Name	St	County Name	Type	Latitude Longitude	Description	Submitters Name E-mail address
Acker Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323340N 0984654W		USGS
Baker Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324705N 0990405W		USGS
Bald Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	323609N 0985018W		USGS
Ball Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	325435N 0983744W		USGS
Battle Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323852N 0990041W		USGS
Battle Creek Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323800N 0990222W		USGS
Bear Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	323821N 0990124W		USGS
Beaver Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324251N 0984654W		USGS
Bee Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325102N 0983924W		USGS
Bee Branch Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324944N 0983939W		USGS
Bee Branch Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324823N 0983953W		USGS
Big Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	323728N 0985202W		USGS
Big Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324648N 0985345W		USGS
Big Sandy Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	324915N 0985815W		USGS
Bloomfield Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325642N 0985604W		USGS
Breckenridge	TX	Stephens	pop place	324520N 0985407W		USGS
Breckenridge Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	324258N 0985501W		USGS
Brown Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324433N 0985402W		USGS
Brown Pen Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	323516N 0985150W		USGS
Brushy Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324433N 0990047W		USGS
Brushy Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	324449N 0990057W		USGS
Buck Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	323931N 0985902W		USGS
Buck Mountain Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323955N 0985951W		USGS
Bufford Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325450N 0984925W		USGS
C J Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324707N 0984439W		USGS
Caddo	TX	Stephens	pop place	324305N 0984005W		USGS
Caselman Ranch Airport	TX	Stephens	airport	324029N 0984934W		USGS
Cat Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324626N 0990327W		USGS
Cedar Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325259N 0983638W		USGS
Cedar Spring Tank	TX	Stephens	reservoir	324135N 0983510W		USGS
Cemetery Point	TX	Stephens	cape	323848N 0985134W		USGS
Coal Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324942N 0985635W		USGS
Conner Lake	TX	Stephens	reservoir	324244N 0985603W		USGS
Coon Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324903N 0984009W		USGS
Cottonwood Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323238N 0983645W		USGS
Crystal Falls	TX	Stephens	pop place	325344N 0985400W		USGS
Curry Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	324404N 0985914W		USGS
Davis Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325812N 0983718W		USGS
Devils Reservation Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324754N 0983903W		USGS
Dillihunt Hollow	TX	Stephens	valley	324920N 0983345W		USGS
Donkey Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324637N 0985337W		USGS
Double mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	323456N 0985521W		USGS
Dry Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325149N 0985600W		USGS
Dry Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325010N 0985700W		USGS
Duff Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325757N 0983839W		USGS
East Fork Bufford Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325239N 0984931W		USGS
East Fork Gunsolus Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323808N 0985035W		USGS
Edwards Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324838N 0990159W		USGS
Elm Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325142N 0983701W		USGS
Elm Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325851N 0984220W		USGS
Eolian	TX	Stephens	pop place	324000N 0990057W		USGS
Finley Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325150N 0984131W		USGS
Flat Rock Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323231N 0983625W		USGS
Fluehearty Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325038N 0985400W		USGS
Frankell	TX	Stephens	pop place	323727N 0984305W		USGS
Givens Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325550N 0985922W		USGS
Goat Island	TX	Stephens	island	323836N 0985155W		USGS
Gore Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324726N 0985824W		USGS
Gourley Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	324358N 0983843W		USGS
Grand Lake	TX	Stephens	reservoir	324604N 0985216W		USGS
Grave in the Road	TX	Stephens	grave	32.65184 -98.78076	Grave in the Road: Mrs. I Williams was traveling through the area when she became fatally ill. She was buried by the side of the road but later the road was widened, leaving the grave in the center. During the 1930's the county commissioner had a concrete tomb placed over the grave to preserve it. Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Green Ranch Airport	TX	Stephens	airport	325000N 0990231W		USGS
Gunsight	TX	Stephens	pop place	323229N 0985215W		USGS
Gunsolus Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325233N 0985322W		USGS
Harpersville	TX	Stephens	pop place	323600N 0985602W		USGS
Harpersville cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323655N 0985531W		USGS
Hart Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324020N 0985409W		USGS
Hill Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325343N 0984351W		USGS
Hill Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325556N 0984913W		USGS
Hill Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	325510N 0984735W		USGS
Hitson Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324427N 0984406W		USGS
Hitson Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324409N 0985314W		USGS
Hog Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324142N 0990016W		USGS
Hog Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324126N 0985818W		USGS
Horse Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324958N 0985356W		USGS
Hubbard Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325411N 0985239W		USGS
Hubbard Creek Lake	TX	Stephens	lake	324930N 0985735W		USGS
Hughes Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	325121N 0983516W		USGS
Humble Dam	TX	Stephens	dam	325556N 0984954W		USGS
Hurford Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325626N 0985832W		USGS
Ibex Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	324148N 0990623W		USGS
Iles Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	325050N 0983538W		USGS
Iron Ore Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323944N 0985809W		USGS
Island, The	TX	Stephens	island	324826N 0990134W		USGS
Ivan	TX	Stephens	pop place	325228N 0984359W		USGS
Jones Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324328N 0985427W		USGS
KROO-FM (Breckenridge)	TX	Stephens	tower	324531N 0985600W		USGS
KSTB-AM (Breckenridge)	TX	Stephens	tower	324500N 0985538W		USGS
Kings Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325650N 0985610W		USGS
La Casa	TX	Stephens	pop place	323603N 0984121W		USGS
La Casa Valley Boys Ranch	TX	Stephens	locale	323526N 0984100W		USGS
Lake Daniel	TX	Stephens	reservoir	323856N 0985203W		USGS
Lake Necessity	TX	Stephens	reservoir	323829N 0984526W		USGS
Lauderdale Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	32.57573 -9781666	The land for this cemetery was deeded to the Christian Church of Wayland (defunct) in 1889. The cemetery is located on land purchased by Dr. Benjamin Winchester Lauderdale in 1892 and remains in this family today. The Lauderdale descendants and neighbors continue to be buried here, albeit only a few. The cemetery is located on private land , SE of Bald Mountain about 1500 feet off the county road. The road leading to the cemetery is seldom used and may not be visible. There are approximately 15 graves	Frank Saffarrans opa@hcnews.com
Lauderdale Home	TX	Stephens	historical site	32.57573 -97.78682	Benjamin Winchester Lauderdale Home, vanished. B.W. Lauderdale, Assistant Surgeon, 19th TN Calvary, CSA purchased this land in 1891 and it remains in the family. After the Civil War he became a minister of the Christian Church, becoming the first full time minister of the First Christian Church, Breckenridge, TX where he remained until his death in 1895. The home was located east, across the road from bald Mountian.	Frank Saffarrans opa@hcnews.com
Lauderdale No. 1	TX	Stephens	oil well	32.69691 -98.89402	Oil Well: Lauderdale No. 1 Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Lime Rock Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324901N 0984205W		USGS
Limestone gap	TX	Stephens	gap	323120N 0985421W		USGS
Little Cedar Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	324838N 0984411W		USGS
Little Flock Church	TX	Stephens	church	323633N 0985353W		USGS
Live Oak Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323413N 0985745W		USGS
Long Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325408N 0984920W		USGS
Macedonia Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323740N 0984030W		USGS
Mankins Mill	TX	Stephens	pop place	323910N 0990329W		USGS
Maxwell Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	323526N 0984934W		USGS
McDowell Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	324733N 0990305W		USGS
Moon Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324536N 0984742W		USGS
Mount Zion Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323529N 0984219W		USGS
Mud Spring Tank	TX	Stephens	reservoir	324143N 0983555W		USGS
Mulberry Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325105N 0983741W		USGS
Necessity Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323902 N 984624w	The cemetery is an old one, still in use by relatives of the old timers. It is the largest rural cemetery in the county. There are 526 graves, 40 unmarked with the oldest being the grave of W.B. Sherman, b March 1880, d March 1881 Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
New Hope Church	TX	Stephens	church	323633N 0984023W		USGS
Norton Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325203N 0984303W		USGS
O'Neal Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	324450N 0985940W		USGS
O'Neal Oil Field	TX	Stephens	oilfield	324457N 0990038W		USGS
Oak Grove Church	TX	Stephens	church	324658N 0983915W		USGS
Park's Camp	TX	Stephens	oil camp	324016N 985257W	Parks Camp. A big oil camp. It began in 1918 and grew to have bank, post office, two drugstores, three doctors, blacksmith shop, lumber yard and school grades first through eight. The camp lasted until Texaco started closing it with the beginning of WW II. It closed completely after the end of WW II. Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Park's No. 1	TX	Stephens	oil well	3267532 -98.88572	W. Parks No. 1 Oil Well brought in ca 1918 on the J.W. Parks ranch. Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Peach Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325640N 0984637W		USGS
Pecan Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323703N 0990243W		USGS
Peveler Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325753N 0984323W		USGS
Picketville	TX	Stephens	pop place, vanished	32.77461 -98.89779	Established ca 1854. It is now vanished but was the county seat of Stephens County until 1876 when the county seat was moved a short distance south to Breckenridge.	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Picketville Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	32.77461 -98.89779	Located on private property and was bulldozed in 1960. An attempt was later made to reconstruct it but it was not established as to who was buried there. The nearby Picketville Community (vanished) was established ca 1854. Tradition is that the last burial was Amanda Funderburg in 1898. Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee.	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Plum Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324208N 0990028W		USGS
Plum Branch Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324046N 0990137W		USGS
Post Oak Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324435N 0984356W		USGS
Post Oak Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324200N 0985535W		USGS
Rocky Hollow	TX	Stephens	valley	325112N 0983652W		USGS
Round Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324803N 0983545W		USGS
Rush Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324723N 0985800W		USGS
Saints Rest Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323854N 0985128W		USGS
Sandy Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325118N 0984023W		USGS
Scotch Hollow	TX	Stephens	valley	324845N 0983405W		USGS
Shady Grove Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	323859N 0990221W		USGS
Shot Hollow	TX	Stephens	valley	324622N 0983544W		USGS
Sink Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	324943N 0985956W		USGS
Sink Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	324942N 0985955W		USGS
Six Shooter Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325240N 0985553W		USGS
Snake Den Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325310N 0985945W		USGS
South Bills Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323443N 0983331W		USGS
South Hanlon	TX	Stephens	pop place	324339N 0985239W		USGS
South Prairie Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325437N 0984244W		USGS
Sow Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324252N 0984011W		USGS
Spy Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	324353N 0985635W		USGS
Steal Easy Mountain	TX	Stephens	summit	323723N 0984603W		USGS
Stephens County	TX	Stephens	civil	324502N 0985100W		USGS
Stephens County Airport	TX	Stephens	airport	324306N 0985329W		USGS
Stephens Memorial Hospital	TX	Stephens	hospital	324515N 0985312W		USGS
Stoker Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325628N 0985444W		USGS
Sullivan's Camp	TX	Stephens	Oil Community	32.702498 -98.8177	Sullivan's Camp: Oil refinery and camp established in 1918 on land owned by Abbie Milton Sullivan. Abb and his wife enjoyed sudden wealth but by the time the boom waned most of their wealth was gone but as they still owned their land and they had enough to live comfortably. Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Swenson House	TX	Stephens	cemetery	32.68678 -98.76469	Swenson House - built in 1908 by Peter Swenson, a Swedish immigrant. He came to America in 1864 and finally settled in Stephens County in 1881. When he finished his house it was the best and most expensive house in Stephens County. Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Swenson Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	324138N 0984355W		USGS
T P Lake	TX	Stephens	reservoir	324353N 0984027W		USGS
Texas Dam	TX	Stephens	dam	325438N 0984959W		USGS
Texawa Canyon	TX	Stephens	valley	324701N 0983444W		USGS
Turner Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324844N 0985415W		USGS
Twin Lakes	TX	Stephens	reservoir	324656N 0985611W		USGS
Union Hill	TX	Stephens	vanished community	32.69043 -98.88096	Union Hill, now vanished, was first settled ca 1893. The community population burgeoned with the discovery of oil in 1918. By 1920 the Magnolia Oil Company finished a gasoline refinery and the town had three general merchandise stores.. The oil boom waned, stores closed and by the 1930's the remaining residents turned to ranching and farming Ref: Stephens County, Much to be Remembered (1987) Breckenridge/Stephens County Sesquicentiennal Committee	Frank Saffarrans frank.saffarrans@chrysalis.org
Union Hill Church	TX	Stephens	church	324125N 0984844W		USGS
Union Lake	TX	Stephens	reservoir	325646N 0983703W		USGS
Veale Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325318N 0983646W		USGS
Veale Creek Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325323N 0983735W		USGS
Wagon Timber Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325648N 0984839W		USGS
Walker Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	324542N 0985357W		USGS
Wayland	TX	Stephens	pop place	323634N 0984940W		USGS
West Fork Bufford Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	325239N 0984931W		USGS
West Fork Gunsolus Creek	TX	Stephens	stream	323532N 0985056W		USGS
Yates Hill	TX	Stephens	summit	324332N 0984112W		USGS
Yellow Branch	TX	Stephens	stream	325121N 0985315W		USGS
Yellow Fork Cemetery	TX	Stephens	cemetery	325252N 0984939W	......................................................................................	USGS..............................................

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