Marker Inscription
Grimes County law partners Ben Goodrich and H. H. Boone (Texas Attorney General 1876-78), donated four acres of land at this location to trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1874 for church, school, and cemetery use by the surrounding loosely-knit farm community of Lake Grove. The community promptly built a church structure that they used for religious and school purposes. 100 students attended the Lake Grove School in 1900. The still active Lake Grove Cemetery, with gravestones dating to 1874, contains the grave of a veteran of the American Civil War.
About this site
Lake Grove Community is a historical marker in Iola, Grimes County, dedicated in 1992. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Grimes County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 213 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.7035, -96.0508 near Iola. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lake Grove Chapel (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Davis, Isham, Home, Davis Family, and Byrne-Burns Family.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5185008596. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
