Marker Inscription
Archeology - Historic Non-Aboriginal, Agriculture
Historic Place
Johnson Farm
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About this site
Johnson Farm is a historic place in Lake Ray Roberts, Denton County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 4 historic places documented in Denton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 174 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.4178, -97.0483 near Lake Ray Roberts. The nearest cataloged historic site is Tyson Cemetery (historical marker), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Davis Cemetery, Pilot Point, and Pilot Point Post-Signal.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2094000449. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Johnson Farm is a nineteenth- and early twentieth-century farmstead in the Johnson Branch unit of Ray Roberts Lake State Park in Denton County. Documented through archival research, oral history, and archaeological excavation before the lake's development, its period of significance spans 1850 to 1924 in agriculture and non-aboriginal settlement. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 for its research potential.
Sources: nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.comdigital.library.unt.edu
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Historical Marker
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Historical Marker
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Historical Marker
Pilot Point Post-Signal
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Historical Marker
Pilot Point Church of Christ
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Cemetery
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