Collin County, Texas
Prosper is home to 5 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
In 1875 Masons living in the Rhea's Mill community (4 miles northeast), who had been traveling to McKinney for meetings, obtained a charter from the Grand Lodge of Texas for a new lodge to be located in their area.…
View on map ↗Probably named for the white rock escarpment on which it was built, Rock Hill was established by December 1854 when John Moore became its first postmaster. By the early 20th century the town boasted two schools, four…
View on map ↗Prosper grew from two early settlements, Rock Hill and Richland. When the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad bypassed the two communities, the new town of Prosper, founded in 1902, became the center of…
View on map ↗THE McADEW CONGREGATION OF CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED ON JULY 7, 1878 BY A GROUP OF 26 MEMBERS LED BY REVEREND R.H. HACKER. THE CONGREGATION FIRST ASSEMBLED IN THE PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL HOUSE. THE…
View on map ↗In 1899, trustees of Bethel Methodist Church bought a few acres of land near the settlement of Rock Hill to build a new church, Smith's Chapel. In 1902, the entire settlement relocated one mile north to the new town of…
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