Jellico

Robert Emmett Wilson came with his family to this area during the 1880s and built a general store near this site. The name Jellico was chosen for the community when a post office was established in 1898. The town was named after a town in Tennessee from which some of the settlers had immigrated. By 1895, Jellico had a cotton gin, blacksmith shop, grist mil, syrup press, and school. The town began to decline when cotton prices fell in 1907. Wilson's General Store closed in 1912, and the school was consolidated into another district. (1985)

Jellico is a historical marker in Southlake, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 358 historical markers documented in Tarrant County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 501 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.9373, -97.1868 near Southlake. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hood Cemetery (historical marker), about 2.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include White's Chapel Cemetery, Mt. Gilead, and Whites Chapel.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439002748. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.