Marker Inscription
A thriving town of the fifties - through it passed the Shreveport Road over which many emigrants entered Texas
Historical Marker
Bethany
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About this site
Bethany is a historical marker in Carthage, Panola County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Panola County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 87 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.3745, -94.0453 near Carthage. The nearest cataloged historic site is State Line (cemetery), about 3.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Antioch Baptist Church, Mt. Zion Cemetery, and Evergreen.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5365010819. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Bethany is a small community in northeastern Panola County on the Louisiana state line, first settled about 1840 as a stopping point for settlers coming to Texas from the Old South. Originally called Vernon, it was renamed Bethany around 1849 when a post office opened, and in its early years it supported a log store, tavern, water-powered gristmill, and tannery. The town declined after the Civil War but revived economically in the 1920s with the opening of the Bethany gas field.
Sources: tshaonline.org
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