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15, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at
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Residents who were seeking zoning protection to their rural
type communities incorporated as McLendon-Chisholm on
October 18, 1969. McLendon-Chisholm began as two
separate communities, each of which was named for a
prominent landowning
family in the early 1850s.
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McLendon-Chisholm
1248 S. Hwy 205
Rockwall, Tx 75032
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McLendon derived its name from P.A. McLendon. About 1870 P.A. McLendon, a large land owner built a store, gin, and blacksmith
shop, starting the beginning of the community. This was a thriving neighborhood in the midst of an area where there was rich
blackland soil that produced an abundance of cotton. In the beginning, there was a church and school.
The land which was
the townsite of Chisholm, was given to a veteran of the Mexican War, King Latham in 1847. Enoch Parson Chisholm purchased 200
acres from Latham in 1856 and a few years later, 600 acres for $2.00 per acre. In 1886, the town of Chisholm was platted.
Chisholm derived its name from Enoch Parson Chisholm and from his brother, B. Frank Chisholm, a colonel in the Civil War. Mr.
Chisholm organized the Chisholm Methodist Church in his home in 1871. The community had two small school buildings, which were
combined and formed Berry Creek Academy in 1886. A Chisholm post office was opened in 1891 and closed in 1905.
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