Field's Store Community
Settlers began arriving in this vicinity prior to the Civil War. In the early 1870s Druey Holland Field (1809-72) and his wife Caroline (Perry) (1837-76) opened a general store in the area, and the small agricultural settlement that soon developed became known as Field's Store community. A center of business for the surrounding rural area, the settlement was the site of a school, post office, brick kiln, blacksmith shop, cotton gin and other businesses. Also known as New Hope community, it retains a sense of identity that reflects its early role as the nucleus of pioneer settlement.
30.1649° N, 95.9243° W
Where to Find It
Intersection of FM 1488 and FM 362, Field's Store, 15 mi. east of Hempstead
Nearby Markers
- 0.2 mi NE Fields Store Cemetery Hempstead vicinity
- 3.9 mi N Reid's Prairie Baptist Church Waller
- 5.2 mi SW Shiloh Cemetery
- 5.2 mi SW Shiloh Baptist Church
- 5.6 mi SW Wyatt Chapel Community Cemetery Prairie View
- 6.3 mi SE Heinrich Konrad Karl Leverkuhn Waller