Crabbs Prairie
Crabb's Prairie, near the junction of State Highway 75 and Farm Road
1696 and some seven miles northwest of Huntsville in central Walker
County, was named for Hillary M. Crabb, who served as a county judge and
Texas legislator. Crabb settled during the early 1830s on land now in
Walker County; he received title to 4,000 acres on February 11, 1835.
After Texas won its independence, newly arriving settlers congregated
around Crabb's homestead. Crabb's Prairie was connected to Huntsville by
a road built in 1846 and was on the stage route that linked Huntsville
and Navasota. In 1901 the Cook Springs Baptist Church was built in the
area and a school was established near the Alexander homestead. The
Crabb's Prairie school offered seven grades in 1911. In 1936 the
community had three businesses, two schools, and a church, surrounded by
numerous farm dwellings. In the 1980s Crabb's Prairie was served by one
business and the nearby Baptist church; local students attended school
in Huntsville. TSHA
Texas State Historical Association
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/crabbs-prairie-tx
Texas Almanac
https://www.texasalmanac.com/places/crabbs-prairie
Texas Gazetteer
https://texas.hometownlocator.com/tx/walker/crabbs-prairie.cfm
Find a Grave
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/5092/mcadams-cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/4928/long-family-cemetery
LDS Genealogy
https://ldsgenealogy.com/TX/Walker-County-Cemetery-Records.htm
The Portal to Texas History
https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/locations/p06293/