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Hopkinsville Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Sarah
Reveley, 2009 |
History in a Pecan
Shell
Established in 1852, the community was named to honor Dennis
S. Hopkins, town founder. A post office opened the following year. Essential businesses
opened as well as churches and school. Thomas Zumwalt deeded land to be used for
a union church, Masonic lodge and school.
The town was bypassed by the
railroad (the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railroad) and Waelder
was established in 1874. Hopkinsville businesses made the move to Waelder
and the post office shut its doors in 1876.
By 1900 Hopkinsville was on
its way to becoming a ghost town – with cabins deserted and the more substantial
homes moved to Waelder.
By the second half of the 20th Century Hopkinsville was nothing but a cemetery
and a few foundations. Today all that’s left is the marker shown here. |
Site of Hopkinsville Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Sarah
Reveley, 2009 |
Hopkinsville Historical
Marker TextOnce
a thriving pioneer
community founded by D.S.
Hopkins (1819-1917), farmer
who settled here in 1852.
Located in farm-ranch
area. Herds started
here,
bound for Chisholm Trail.
Abandoned 1873 when the
citizens
moved south and
founded town of Waelder
on newly build railroad. |
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