Spring Garden Community

The first permanet settler to this area was Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten of Spring Garden, Missouri, who came here in 1854. In 1865, with Milton Moore, he built a schoolhouse here which was named for his Missouri home. The building also served as a Chapel and Meeting Hall. Once the site of churches, a Grange, and a Justice of the Peace Court, Spring Garden declined in the 1870s because fire and the nearby development of Bedford. Only the pioneer burial ground at this site marks the location of the early settlement.

Spring Garden Community is a historical marker in Bedford, Tarrant County, dedicated in 1981. 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 32.8666, -97.1279 near Bedford. The nearest cataloged historic site is Spring Garden School (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Witten Cemetery, Site of Oak Grove Methodist Church, and The Bidault House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5439005016. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.