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Collin County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
69historic places
—earliest paper
1846formed
1,064,465pop. 2020
70cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 69 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near McKinney, Plano, Farmersville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Collin titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

58 of 69 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

69 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allen Water StationAllenDistrict2009
Aston BuildingFarmersvilleBuilding1983
Beverly-Harris HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Bingham, John H., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Board-Everett HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Brown, John R., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Burrus-Finch HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Celina Public SchoolCelinaBuilding2009
Clardy, U. P., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Cline-Bass HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Coggins, J. R., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Collin County Mill and Elevator CompanyMcKinneyBuilding1987
Crouch-Perkins HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Davis, H. L., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Davis-Hill HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Dowell, J. S., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Dulaney, Joe E., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Dulaney, Joseph Field, HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Estes HouseMcKinneyBuilding1995
Faires, F. C., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Faires-Bell HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Fairview H&TC Railroad Historic DistrictFairviewDistrict2010
Farmersville Commercial Historic DistrictFarmersvilleDistrict2017
Farmersville Masonic Lodge No. 214, A.F. and A.MFarmersvilleBuilding2005
Ferguson, John H., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Foote-Crouch HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Fox, S. H., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Goodner, Jim B., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Gough-Hughston HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Heard-Craig HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Hill, Ben, HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Hill, John B., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Hill, Moran, HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Hill, W. R., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Hill-Webb Grain ElevatorMcKinneyStructure1987
House at 1303 W. LouisianaMcKinneyBuilding1987
House at 201 N. GravesMcKinneyBuilding1987
House at 301 E. LamarMcKinneyBuilding1987
House at 610 TuckerMcKinneyBuilding1987
House at 704 ParkerMcKinneyBuilding1987
Houses at 406 and 408 HeardMcKinneyBuilding1987
Johnson, John, HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Johnson, Thomas, HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
King, Mrs. J. C., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Kirkpatrick, E. W., House and BarnMcKinneyBuilding1987
McKinney Commercial Historic DistrictMcKinneyDistrict1983
McKinney Cotton Compress PlantMcKinneyBuilding1988
McKinney Cotton Mill Historic DistrictMcKinneyDistrict1987
McKinney Hospital, OldMcKinneyBuilding1987
McKinney Residential Historic DistrictMcKinneyDistrict1987
Neathery, Sam, HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Nenney, J. P., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Newsome, R. F., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Newsome-King HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Plano Downtown Historic DistrictPlanoDistrict2017
Plano Station, Texas Electric RailwayPlanoBuilding2005
Rhea, John C., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Saigling HousePlanoBuilding2018
Scott, A. M., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Scott, L. A., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1988
Sister Grove Creek SiteFarmersvilleSite1977
Smith, W. D., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Taylor, J. H., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Texas PoolPlanoStructure2019
Thompson HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Waddill, R. L., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Wiley, Thomas W., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Wilson, A. G., HouseMcKinneyBuilding1987
Wilson, Ammie, HousePlanoBuilding1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Collin was formed in 1846 (1846-04-03) from unknown / original county.

COLLIN created from non-county area of Fannin Land District; created an overlap with GRAYSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Collin County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1.1M533k1,9501850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,9509,26425,98350,08749,60947,19041,69241,247144,576491,6751,064,465

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

70 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 70 of 70 listed
NameLatLon
Alexander Cemetery33.35444-96.60873
Allen Cemetery33.10012-96.66534
Baccus Cemetery33.07901-96.82139
Backbone Cemetery33.12456-96.47526
Baker Cemetery33.38701-96.61852
Bear Creek Cemetery33.05595-96.40665
Bethany Cemetery33.07706-96.73694
Bethel Cemetery33.18067-96.81694
Bethlehem Cemetery33.25261-96.33443
Blue Ridge Cemetery33.30685-96.40013
Brinlee Cemetery33.30409-96.50843
Chapman Cemetery33.17817-96.39304
Clear Lake Cemetery33.0554-96.48638
Coffman Cemetery33.33345-96.58971
Coleman Cemetery33.27095-96.47554
Corinth Cemetery33.30789-96.73694
Cottage Hill Cemetery33.3102-96.71262
Crossroads Cemetery33.32761-96.75722
Desert Cemetery33.37761-96.39859
Elm Grove Cemetery33.37237-96.4818
Fitzhugh Cemetery33.12012-96.6036
Forbis Cemetery33.38761-96.71444
Franklin Cemetery33.29039-96.66027
Higgins Cemetery33.14873-96.53332
Highland Cemetery33.31206-96.56888
Horn Cemetery33.26012-96.65638
Housten Cemetery33.17262-96.38304
Hughes Cemetery33.01429-96.53221
Hunt Cemetery33.22956-96.73333
Johnson Cemetery33.19845-96.54471
Jones - Yeary Cemetery33.17678-96.35304
Lair Cemetery33.3412-96.56894
Liberty Cemetery33.20345-96.35332
Mantua Cemetery33.38903-96.57498
McLarry Cemetery33.23956-96.62749
McMillan Cemetery33.03068-96.60721
McMinn Cemetery33.07928-96.36693
Melissa Cemetery33.28761-96.58555
Milligan Cemetery33.18178-96.54721
Mugg Cemetery33.35761-96.6561
Murphy Cemetery33.02234-96.60555
Murphy Family Cemetery33.02006-96.60499
Old Celina Cemetery33.30456-96.8
Old Grounds Cemetery33.329-96.40582
Old Union Cemetery33.32373-96.77916
Pecan Grove Cemetery33.17823-96.61598
Plano Mutual Cemetery33.02515-96.68319
Pleasant Grove Cemetery33.20567-96.43776
Pleasant Hill Cemetery33.01234-96.37943
Prairie Grove Cemetery33.10262-96.36026
Richard Cemetery33.30289-96.33276
Ridgeview Memorial Park33.14216-96.65446
Rike Cemetery33.17345-96.40248
Routh Cemetery32.99345-96.70389
Saint Paul Cemetery33.05179-96.54443
Scalf Cemetery33.16512-96.60332
Scott Cemetery33.23512-96.69583
Smallwood Cemetery33.3939-96.68694
Smith Cemetery33.20176-96.83887
Sonntag Cemetery33.12373-96.82278
Stimson Cemetery33.14234-96.66277
Stoney Point Cemetery33.29325-96.49316
Thompson Cemetery33.05679-96.42221
Twin Cemetery33.19067-96.34526
Van Winkle Cemetery33.19873-96.44998
Verona Cemetery33.2415-96.42804
Warden Cemetery33.38761-96.64471
Ware Cemetery33.23651-96.74639
Williams Cemetery33.17067-96.66722
Wilson Cemetery33.28234-96.62694
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Biggers33.19678-96.54666
Parris33.25289-96.6061

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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