City of Grapeland

The area was settled about 1850, and Grapeland was founded in 1872 by International & Great Northern Railway investors. It was named for its rank wild grapevines, and its post office opened on May 26, 1873. A log schoolhouse, also used for church services, was the first public building, and the Disciples of Christ and Methodists erected the first church buildings. After a 1913 fire, the business section was rebuilt in brick. The town was incorporated in 1924. Oil and gas, produced since 1936, have enriched an economy based on peanuts, ranching, truck crops, cotton, and manufacturing, and the town is now known as the gateway to the 1500-acre Houston County Lake.

Grapeland, Texas · United States