Purdon

Navarro County, Texas

A map of where this is in the county. — 6.8 mi south-west of Dawson · Navarro County

Called Belle Point until the Cotton Belt came through in 1882 and a railroad man named the new townsite for Ada Purdom, a cashier in the store. The general office misspelled her name on the paperwork and the misspelling stuck.

Purdon in red on the General Land Office map of Navarro County, 1924, among the original land grants — Purdon 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: Younger Cemetery, Curry Cemetery.

Among the places · On the map

From Texas State Historical Association, Handbook of Texas.