Oak Grove Community

In the 1860s, George Sanford Norrid left his Missouri home with his wife, Tabitha, and family and moved to Texas, settling in this area and offering their home for church services. In 1875, F.M. Dougherty and George Norrid deeded land for a Methodist Epsicopal church; Norrid's donation preserved land for a cemetery. When Tabitha Norrid died in January 1876, she was the first buried in what became the Oak Grove Cemetery. Area families used the church building for school and worship until 1884, when they moved the building, and with it the school and church, to nearby Woodbine. The Methodist church later deeded its land to the cemetery association, which maintains the burial ground. (2005)

Oak Grove Community is a historical marker in Gainesville, Cooke County, dedicated in 2005. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Cooke County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 56 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.6077, -97.0365 near Gainesville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oak Grove Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Miller, Nelson Grove Cemetery, and Cross Timbers, The.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013811. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.