Historical Marker
Cedar Springs
Historical marker location:
Dallas, Texas
( on Lemmon Avenue between Hawthorne and Loma Alto Dr. in Craddock Park; Dallas)
Marker installed: 1936
CEDAR SPRINGS
Earliest known historic site in Dallas County
Visited in 1840 by Colonel Wm. G. Cooke's preliminary exploration for a route between Austin and Red River. A community also called Cedar Springs, established in this vicinity in 1843 by Dr. John Cole, rivalled Dallas in an election in 1848 for county seat. In 1929, the land was annexed to Dallas.