Caddo Mills

History

Before settlers arrived, the area was the site of a Caddo campground. Pioneers arrived in the late 1850s. About 20 years later, I.T. Johnson and Henry King built a gristmill, and residents started referring to the community as Caddo Mills after the facility. On June 16, 1879, a post office opened. Around this time, the community had about 100 residents, three churches, and a school. In 1886, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway built a line through the town, and the population increased to 500. In the 1890s and early 1900s, the town became home to a newspaper and a bank. The population swelled to 790, but began declining in the 1920s. Caddo Mills had 390 residents and 20 businesses when it was finally incorporated in the early 1940s.

Geography

Caddo Mills is located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of Hunt County and the eastern edge of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Texas State Highway 66 passes through the center of the city, leading northeast to Greenville, the county seat, and southwest the same distance to Royse City. Downtown Dallas is southwest of Caddo Mills with Sulphur Springs being northeast of Caddo Mills. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which , or 0.25%, is covered by water. West Caddo Creek, part of the Sabine River watershed, flows through the southwestern corner of the city.

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,475
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,290
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,236
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  1,178
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,140
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,122
• House Finch

  Haemorhous mexicanus (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) · Aves
  1,085
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  956

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2019-06-24
  1 km NW of Pottsboro, Texas
• M 2.6 — 2017-09-14
  Northern Texas
• M 3 — 2017-08-25
  5 km S of Farmers Branch, Texas
• M 2.8 — 2015-12-07
  2 km E of Irving, Texas
• M 2.6 — 2015-12-04
  6 km S of Farmers Branch, Texas
• M 2.8 — 2015-12-03
  5 km NNE of Irving, Texas