Farmersville Texas, which is between Greenville and McKinney Texas,... while it is a small town, is worthwhile to mention.
Farmersville is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 380 and State Highway 78 in east Collin County. Settlers who named the community after their principal occupation founded the community about 1849. The post office was established in 1857, with Thomas E. Sherwood as its first postmaster. William Gotcher donated the site of the present town square in 1859, and John S. Rike became the first mayor when the town was incorporated in 1873. The public school system was established around 1890, and in 1988 the Farmersville Independent School District had over 900 students on three campuses.
Farmersville began as a trading center. In the late 1980s, most agricultural production was in wheat, maize, and beef cattle. Many residents commute to jobs in neighboring cities. In the fall of 1980 began the annual celebration of an Old Time Saturday, a day that commemorates the pre-television days when "The country went to town" every Saturday all over Texas. Audie Murphy was born near Kingston, not far from Farmersville.
