Navarro

Navarro County, Texas

A map of where this is in the county. — 2.9 mi west of Angus · Navarro County

Navarro sits on Farm Road 3243, eight miles southeast of Corsicana in southeastern Navarro County. It was first known as Hopewell, for the Hopewell Baptist Church, and took its present name when residents moved to a new rail-line site after the Houston and Texas Central bypassed the original one; its post office opened in 1908. Population was a hundred ninety-three in 1990 and two hundred thirty-two as of the most recent count.

Navarro in red on the General Land Office map of Navarro County, 1924, among the original land grants — Navarro on the Land Office's county map of July 1924, in red; the names around it are the original land grants. Courtesy of the Texas General Land Office, Austin. Map 73249, Navarro County, July 1924. Used under licence. The whole county map →

Also within two miles. Burying grounds: Old Jones Cemetery, Grape Creek Cemetery, Bright-Boyd Cemetery · Markers: Hopewell Baptist Church, Hopewell Cemetery · Fire department: Navarro Volunteer Fire Department.

Among the places · On the map

From Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas, entry for Navarro, Navarro County (Christopher Long)..