Collin County, Texas, History    

                                       GENEALOGY FRIENDS OF PLANO [TEXAS] LIBRARIES, INC.

                                              SUPPORTING THE HAGGARD LIBRARY 
 
                                              

                                                                         Home                                Contact Us

Farming in Collin County

Collin County was always an agricultural county. Some of the early crops were wheat, wool, cotton, onions, and bois d’arc. At the time when cotton was king, each town had at least one cotton gin. There was a mill in McKinney. Today there are, maybe,  two gins left in the county.

Many towns had flour mills. McKinney had White Billows Flour. Prosper had Prosper flour.

Princeton and Farmersville were known for their onions and had onion sheds. 

Princeton and Clear Lake shipped bois d’arc blocks to Dallas to "pave" its streets. They also shipped the seeds to the midwest so they could grow hedgerows.

Collin County was also known for its fine mules, which were used to plow the fields. Today, generally, cattle are raised on the east side of the county, and horses on the west.

For many years, grains were the main crops in the county. The eastern side of the county also grew peanuts.

History Index

Recommended citation:
"FARMING IN COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.,  <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl> [Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].

Last modified: June 30, 2009