Ghost Towns

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Ghost Towns
Of Rockwall County

Many old communities were once a part of Rockwall's history,
but time has done away with them and they are now simply ghosts
like the persons who once lived and worked in them.

ADALIA

BLACK HILL

BLACKLAND
Blackland was located four miles southeast of Rockwall in central Rockwall County.
It was granted a post office in 1876. During the 1880s it had a population
of 125, three businesses, and a gristmill. Local farmers shipped cotton,
wheat, and oats from there, but the coming of the railroad to other towns
within the county was Blackland's un-doing.

The BOTTOMS
1 mile south of Heath.
It was known for "quart houses" and gambling - located on the East Fork slough.

CHISHOLM

HACKBERRY
1 mile west of Blackland
It was a Way Station & Stage Coach stop between Bonham and Scyene.

HEBRON
2 miles south of Heath

LEAGUE
in the priaire near Fate

LOCUST GROVE
2 miles north of Rockwall - settled by James Truitt

McLENDON'S

NADINE

NEW CALEDONIA

Located southeast of the Rockwall square, near the Missouri - Kansas & Texas Railroad depot station. It was a predominately African-American community.

ODELL

Odell was situated on Long Branch Creek, near where the Lawhorn Cemetery is located.
In 1879 Odell had a general store owned by Joe Fennell, a gin built by Henry Haskins and a saloon owned by Edwin S. Kelley, who owned several saloons in Kaufman County. Ed Kelley named a son "Odell" after the place where he owned his first business after coming to Texas. A school was there from 1880-1885. By 1885 the community was extinct.

SOUTH SIDE

Located 2 miles southwest of the Rockwall square. It was a predominately African-American community.

WILLOW SPRINGS

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