Black plaque № 23198

Lovelady, TX, United States

Site of Volga Community. Westward-moving pioneers settled this area after the Civil War. Attracted by good farmland, timber, and water, they established homes and called their community High Prairie. It was renamed Volga in 1897, when a post office was established in Samuel Knox's store. His son, Sa

muel D. Knox, served as first postmaster. Although never formally platted or incorporated, Volga was an important early community. At its height the settlement boasted homes, stores, a cotton gin, saw

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