Lebanon, Texas
Lebanon was the name of two different communities that were founded in Texas in the 19th century, neither of which exist today. The first was a town located in Collin County that had a post office designated as Lebanon, Texas, before it was relocated to Frisco. The second was a smaller unincorporated community located in Live Oak County, of which only a cemetery remains today.
Town of Lebanon in Collin County, Texas
When the
In the late 1890s, the town of Lebanon hoped that the new railroad being built in the area would run through town. However, the
No longer a town, Lebanon remained a farming community of a dozen houses, a school, and a church. The school closed in 1947 and by 2000 only the church and a couple houses remained from the original town.[3] In 2003, the Lebanon Baptist Church closed after 120 years of services in that location (the current building dating from 1904 after the original 1883 church was destroyed by a storm).[4] By this time the original town site had been annexed into the growing city of Frisco and Preston Road (now a state highway) was being widened to six lanes. To avoid demolition, the church was donated to the City of Frisco and the building was moved to the Frisco Heritage Center where it is now part of the museum as well as being used as a wedding chapel.[5] At about the same time, the last house dating from the town of Lebanon (built in 1895) was also moved to the Frisco Heritage Center.[6]
The old town of Lebanon was located near what is now the intersection of Preston Road and John Hickman Parkway in the city of
Community of Lebanon in Live Oak County, Texas
The unincorporated community of Lebanon in Live Oak County, Texas, was on a dirt road a mile north of
References
- ^ Frisco Heritage Center - Lebanon Baptist Church
- ^ Collin County History - Lebanon
- ^ Collin County History - Lebanon
- ^ Collin County History - Lebanon Baptist Church
- ^ Frisco Heritage Center - Lebanon Baptist Church
- ^ Frisco Heritage Center - Crozier House
- ^ FriscoMasons.org
- ^ Dallas Morning News - Frisco Blog, Feb. 10, 2015
- ^ Lebanon, TX (Live Oak County)
- ^ Sparkman, Ervin L. The People's History of Live Oak County Mesquite, Texas: N.p., 1981