Gradyville

Navarro County, Texas

A map of where this is in the county. — 1.0 mi north of Blooming Grove · Navarro County

Gradyville is what Blooming Grove was called before it moved. R. J. Grady and Sam Andrews opened a store here shortly after the Civil War, and a cotton gin followed. When the post office came in 1871 the citizens met at White Church to choose a name for the community. The town later moved a mile north to reach the Cotton Belt line and merged with White Church, and the name stayed behind with the old site.

Gradyville is not a separate settlement that died. It is the earlier name and the earlier site of Blooming Grove itself, which is why no ghost town of that name appears on any map.

Also within two miles. Burying grounds: Rose Hill Cemetery, White Church Cemetery, Old Pevehouse Cemetery, James & Sarah Green Cemetery · Markers: Blooming Grove School, Site of University Training School - Central Texas College, Blooming Grove United Methodist Church, City of Blooming Grove.

Among the places · On the map

From Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas, entry for Blooming Grove; T. Edgar Campbell, A Short History of Early Blooming Grove.