Research on Fannin County History

This document has been prepared by the Fannin County Historical Commission to help those interested in researching

Fannin County history and Fannin County Genealogy.

Version as of July 2022

Online Resources

Museums, Libraries and Research Organizations

  • Fannin County Historical Commission.  In addition to its website, the Fannin County Historical Commission contains hard copy files of newspaper clippings and other documents, and oral histories. 903-583-5947 Email: fchc1837@gmail.com

  • Bonham Public Library. 305 E. 5th Street, Bonham. Hours at http://www.bonhamlibrary.net

  • Honey Grove Library and Learning Center.  500 N. 6th Street, Honey Grove.  Phone.  903-378-2206

  • Leonard Museum.  Call the Leonard Chamber of Commerce for hours.

  • Sam Rayburn Library and Museum. 800 West Sam Rayburn Drive, Bonham. Phone: 903-583-2455 

  • Sam Rayburn House Historic Site., Bonham  Phone:  903-583-5558

Historic Newspapers

  •  Honey Grove: Historic newspapers for Honey Grove are available online at the Portal to Texas History. Some more recent newspapers are at the Honey Grove Library, Local History Room

  • Bonham: The Bonham Daily Favorite, the Bonham Herald, the Bonham News and other historic Bonham newspapers have been added to the Portal to Texas History. See the Fannin County Area Newspaper Collection.

  • Ladonia News. Some issues are available on the Portal to Texas History. Additional issues more recent issues are at the Honey Grove Library.

  • Leonard Graphic. Over 1400 issues are available on the Portal to Texas History.

  • Savoy Star. Over 100 issues of the Savoy Star are available on the Portal to Texas History.

  • The Google Newspaper Archive contains copies of The Favorite and The Bonham Daily Favorite.  This is a free site, but is not searchable.  See https://news.google.com/newspapers

  • Newpapers.com is a pay site that contains issues of the Bonham Daily Favorite.

Books About Fannin County History

  • Fannin County Folks and Facts. Available online at the Fannin County GenWeb site and at the Portal to Texas History.

  • Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas. Available online at the Fannin County GenWeb site and the Portal to Texas History

  • A History of Fannin County. By Floy Crandall Hodge

  • History of Fannin County, Texas. By W. A. Carter. 1885

  • A Pictorial History of Fannin County.  Republished 2017 by the Fannin County Museum of History.  Available from Amazon.com and at the Museum.

  • Yesterday Revisited.  A Pictorial History History of Fannin County, Texas.

  • Soil Survey of Fannin County, Texas. 1946 At the Portal to Texas History.

  • Lake Fannin Saved.  By Gregory Hall.  2017.  Available from Amazon.com.  A copy is also available at the Fannin County Historical Commission.

For Bonham

For Dodd City

For the Honey Grove Area

For Ladonia See the Historical Commission website at https://www.fannincountyhistory.org/ladonia-page

 For Leonard The History of Leonard.  Available at the Portal to Texas History. 

For Mulberry The Gathered Words of Mulberry, Texas, by Gregory Hall.  Available from Amazon.com.  A copy is also at the Fannin County Historical Commission

 School Yearbooks 

Many Fannin County school yearbooks are online at the Historical Commission website under the Education tab.

Directories 

Directories and telephone books for Honey Grove are at https://www.honeygrovepreservation.org/directories.html

Other directories are at https://www.fannincountyhistory.org/directories.html

Maps 

A good source for Sanborn maps is https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/sanborn/ 

Some Honey Grove maps are here:  https://www.honeygrovepreservation.org/maps.html 

Fannin County Maps are also available at the Fannin County GenWeb site.  https://www.txfannin.org/maps

Oral Histories