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Little Town on the Prairie

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urrounded by tree-dotted farmland along creekbeds, Farmersville is a small community that’s proud of its agricultural past. Settlers who were attracted to the fertile soil of the Black land Prairie ecological region arrived in the 1840s. Originally named Sugar Hill, the town became known for its cotton, cattle, and bois d’arc fence posts. By the 1930s, Farmersville was dubbed the “Onion Capital of North Texas,” with

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