Collin County Historical Markers
NUMBER OF MARKERS IN COUNTY - 225
Have -138 Need- 87
Collin County is named for Colin McKinney, an early settler and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, The county seat is McKinney.
I had a symposium to attend in Plano in March of 2019 and that is how we came to visit Collin County for the very first time. We drove up from Round Rock in the middle of the night in order to avoid the Dallas traffic. My first impression is that is it hard to see where Dallas stops and Collin County, and particularly where Plano starts. On our first day of driving around there was some jarring differences that made me aware of what Collin County was in the past, and what the future and present looks like. There are some very expensive gated communities with large homes there now, right beside neighboring farms with all variety of farm animals. You can see people are commuting from Dallas to live in these communities.
We had a lot of great experiences in Collin County, I love tulips so it was lovely to see them popping up all over the place. When we do a trip like this, where we choose to eat is definitely part of the experience. Two places I will talk about are Campisi's in Plano and Whiskey Cake. Campisi's is old style American Italian food, I would probably stick to the pizza if we when there again, as the food is very heavy, the overall experience made me understand why they have been in business since 1946, the best part of the meal for me was the tiramisu which the waiter decided we needed to try, it was excellent and a lovely surprise and created a "moment" for us to remember and talk about. Whiskey Cake is a newer small chain, the food was good and the atmosphere had a cool vibe. I didn't taste the famous whiskey cake on this occasion, but maybe next time.
As to the markers, this county is remarkable in that all their older markers are still in place, it is simply about getting enough time to do the driving involved. This is unusual in a county with over 200 markers. The other unique thing in Collin County is the cemeteries have additional cemetery information on county made plaques which show some of the pictures of the original owners and early burials, which I think is kind of neat, also I have never seen the family names on the cemetery fences before the way they were in Collin County. We still have roughly a third of the markers still to capture and I am in the process of trying to talk Steve into another trip, we'll see how it goes. 😚
I had a symposium to attend in Plano in March of 2019 and that is how we came to visit Collin County for the very first time. We drove up from Round Rock in the middle of the night in order to avoid the Dallas traffic. My first impression is that is it hard to see where Dallas stops and Collin County, and particularly where Plano starts. On our first day of driving around there was some jarring differences that made me aware of what Collin County was in the past, and what the future and present looks like. There are some very expensive gated communities with large homes there now, right beside neighboring farms with all variety of farm animals. You can see people are commuting from Dallas to live in these communities.
We had a lot of great experiences in Collin County, I love tulips so it was lovely to see them popping up all over the place. When we do a trip like this, where we choose to eat is definitely part of the experience. Two places I will talk about are Campisi's in Plano and Whiskey Cake. Campisi's is old style American Italian food, I would probably stick to the pizza if we when there again, as the food is very heavy, the overall experience made me understand why they have been in business since 1946, the best part of the meal for me was the tiramisu which the waiter decided we needed to try, it was excellent and a lovely surprise and created a "moment" for us to remember and talk about. Whiskey Cake is a newer small chain, the food was good and the atmosphere had a cool vibe. I didn't taste the famous whiskey cake on this occasion, but maybe next time.
As to the markers, this county is remarkable in that all their older markers are still in place, it is simply about getting enough time to do the driving involved. This is unusual in a county with over 200 markers. The other unique thing in Collin County is the cemeteries have additional cemetery information on county made plaques which show some of the pictures of the original owners and early burials, which I think is kind of neat, also I have never seen the family names on the cemetery fences before the way they were in Collin County. We still have roughly a third of the markers still to capture and I am in the process of trying to talk Steve into another trip, we'll see how it goes. 😚
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1911 McKinney Post Office
1927 Collin County Courthouse
Abston Cemetery
Alla School
Allen
Allen Cemetery
Allen Station of the Texas Electric Railway
Allen Water Station
Alridge House
Altoga Cemetery
Ambush at McKinney
Aron-Harris House
A. Sherley & Bro. Hardware Store
Audie Murphy's Homecoming June 15, 1945
Baccus Cemetery
Bain-Honaker House
Bankhead Highway in Collin County
Barnes-Largent House
Bear Creek Cemetery
Bethany Cemetery
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Beverly-Harris House
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Methodist Church
Blue Star Memorial
Bowman Cemetery
Bradley Cemetery
Brinlee Cemetery
Brown Cottage
Buckner Cemetery
Buckner Cemetery
Burton House
Central National Road of the Republic of Texas
Chambersville
Chambersville Cemetery
Chambersville Methodist Church
Charles C. Stibbens
Charles P. and Sallie G. Heard Home
Coffman Cemetery
Collin County
Collin County Farm
Collin County Prison
Collin McKinney
Collinsworth Cemetery
Community Independent School District
Copeville
Corinth Presbyterian Church
Cottage Hill Methodist Church and Cemetery
Crossroads Cemetery
Crouch-Perkins House
Dallas Depot of the H. & T.C.
Davis House
Davis House
Dr. William Edward Throckmorton
Dr. William Taylor Hoard House
Dulaney House
E.A. Newsome House
Elm Grove Cemetery
Empire College
Empire Masonic Lodge
Fanny Finch Elementary School
Farmersville
Farmersville I.O.O.F. Cemetery
Farmersville Masonic Lodge No. 214, A.F. & A.M.
First Baptist Church of Farmersville
First Baptist Church of Josephine
First Baptist Church of Lavon
First Baptist Church of McKinney
First Baptist Church of Melissa
First Baptist Church of Murphy
First Baptist Church of Plano
First Baptist Church of Wylie
First Christian Church of Anna
First Christian Church of McKinney
First Christian Church of Plano
First Christian Church of Weston
First United Methodist Church of Allen
First Methodist Church of Farmersville
First Methodist Church of Plano
First National Bank Building
First National Bank of Farmersville
First Presbyterian Church of McKinney
First Presbyterian Church of Plano
First Presbyterian Church of Prosper
First United Methodist Church of McKinney
Forest Grove Christian Church
Fox-Caldwell House
Frankford
Frankford Cemetery
Frankford Cemetery
Fred Schimelpfenig Building
Frisco Methodist Church
Frognot Community
Gallagher House
George McGarrah Cemetery
George Washington Smith
Glass-Chapman Cemetery
Gough-Hughston House
Governor James Webb Throckmorton (February 1, 1825 - April 21, 1894)
Grounds Cemetery
Gussie Nell Davis
Gus Wilson
Heard-Craig House
Herring-Hogge Cemetery
Highland Cemetery
Hill-Robberson House
Honaker-Holsonbake House
Huson Cemetery
Isaac Graves Home
James Calvin Rhea House
James Waller Thomas House
James W. Throckmorton
J. D. Stiff Home
John Elias and Isa May Herrington House
John Faires House
John Martin House
John Myers McKinney
John S. and Rachel W. Heard House
Josephine
Kirkpatrick House
Lair Cemetery
L. A. Scott Home
Lavon
Lavon School
Law Office of James W. Throckmorton
Lee Lodge No. 435, A.F. & A.M.
Liberty Baptist Church
Lovejoy School
Mantua
Mathews General Store
Maxwell Cemetery
McKinney
McLarry Cemetery
McMillen Cemetery
McMinn Chapel Cemetery
Melissa Cemetery
Melissa Cemetery
Melissa Christian Church
Melissa School
Milwood and Milwood Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Murphy Community
Murphy Family Cemetery
Murphy School
Nelson Hotel
Nevada
Nevada Baptist Church
Nevada Cemetery
Newsome-Murphy House
Old Celina Cemetery
Old City Cemetery
Old Collin County Courthouse
Old Settlers Cemetery at Wilson Creek
Old Settlers' Park
Old Union Cemetery
Ovenduff Cemetery
Pecan Grove Memorial Park
Plano Cemetery
Plano High School and Gymnasium
Plano Mutual Cemetery
Plano National Bank/I.O.O.F Lodge Building
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Prairie Grove Cemetery
Princeton Cemetery
Prosper
Prosper United Methodist Church
Public Education in Anna
Reed's Chapel Cemetery
Ross Cemetery
Routh Cemetery
Rowlett Creek Cemetery
Saigling House
Saint Mark Baptist Church
Saint Paul Baptist Church
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church
Scott-Barker House
Scott Cemetery
Shawnee Trail
Shiloh Baptist Church
Site of Buckner
Site of Collin McKinney Homestead
Site of Elm Saloon
Site of Lebanon
Site of Muse Academy
Site of Rock Hill
Site of Wilmeth-McKinney Homestead
Site of World War II Prisoner of War Camp
Snow Hill Community
Stiff Chapel Cemetery
Stiff Chapel Cemetery
Stony Point Church and Cemetery
St. Paul
Taylor House
Taylor House
Texas Electric Railway Station
Texas American Bank/McKinney N. A. Formerly the Collin County National Bank
The Ammie Wilson House
The Birthplace of Rebekah Baines Johnson
The Dulaney Cottage
The Estes House
The Frankford Church
The Howell House
The Muncey Massacre
Thomas and Mattie Brown House
T. J. Campbell House
Thompson Cemetery
Thompson Cemetery
Van Winkle Cemetery
Verona Methodist Church
Waddill-Morris Homestead
Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church
W. D. McFarlin Building
Westminister College
William and Charlotte Stone House, Stonehaven
William B. Largent House
William Clinton and Anna Belle Thompson House
Williams Cemetery
Wilson Creek House
Woodlawn Cemetery
Wylie
Wylie Cemetery
Wylie Methodist Church
Yates-Strickland House
Young Cemetery
Young Cemetery