Spring Creek Community

Settlement of this area of Parker County began in 1854, with the arrival of the T.J. Shaw family from Tennessee. They built a log cabin on the south branch of Spring Creek and the community which built up in the area was named for the creek. As more settlers arrived, the community grew to include a number of homes and farms. Jeff W. Pittillo arrived in 1855 and he and his family eventually donated land to the community for a school, church, and cemetery. A.L. Pickard brought his family and three slave families to the Spring Creek area in 1856. Congregations of the Methodist, Baptist, and Cumberland Presbyterian churches were formed. A tabernacle (built in 1914 from a 1904 brush arbor) and a 1917 schoolhouse remain in the community. The Spring Creek Cemetery contains the graves of many area pioneers. The earliest documented burial, that of Humphrey Price, dates to 1856. Also, included among the burials are a number of unmarked graves and interments of slave families, as well as the grave of Alfred G. Cooper, veteran of the Texas Revolution and the Civil War. Descendants of many Spring Creek pioneers still reside in this vicinity. (1990)

Spring Creek Community is a historical marker in Weatherford, Parker County, dedicated in 1990. It is one of 74 historical markers documented in Parker County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 205 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.6543, -97.7774 near Weatherford. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cooper, Colonel Alfred G. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Spring Creek Cemetery, Blackwell-Bedford-Pickard, and Harmony Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5367005015. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.