Details for Reynard Community
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5225007034
Data
| Marker Number | 7034 |
| Atlas Number | 5225007034 |
| Marker Title | Reynard Community |
| Index Entry | Reynard Community |
| Address | CR 2210 |
| City | Grapeland |
| County | Houston |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 249698 |
| UTM Northing | 3479161 |
| Subject Codes | communities; folklore |
| Marker Year | 1989 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | CR 2210, N side opposite CR 2215, 2.7 mi. SW of FM 229. Marker reported damaged (needs refinishing) Jun. 2021. Map dot approximate. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Damaged |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Pioneer settlers began arriving in this area in the late 1830s. By the late 1850s a rural community known as Trinity Chapel had built up. Thomas Jefferson Fox and his family established a farm here in the late 1880s. When a post office was opened in 1901 the community was named Reynard (French for fox). At its peak Reynard boasted two general stores, a church, school, cotton gin, sawmill, and numerous scattered farms. Although the community declined by the 1940s, descendants of pioneer Reynard families still live in Houston County. (1989) |