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Field's Store Community

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Intersection of FM 1488 and FM 362, Field's Store, 15 mi. east of Hempstead, Hempstead vicinity, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 10' 4.15509999996", -95° 55' 18.50666000016"
 
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     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.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Field's Store Community Historical Marker Location Map, Hempstead vicinity, Texas

 
   
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