Region: Prairies and Lakes
Honey Grove was an early settlement dating from the days of the Republic of
Texas. Legend says that when first coming to Texas, David Crockett camped here
and later wrote to friend, Samuel Erwin, describing the beautiful "honey grove."
Erwin settled here in 1842 and named the town.
Drive-by tour maps of the city's many restored Victorian homes are available
at the library. City Hall, one block north of the library, is the oldest
government building still in use in Fannin County. It was built in 1887.
Local lakes Coffeemill Creek and Crockett, in the Caddo National Grasslands,
offer fishing and camping north off Texas 100.