About the Corsicana, Texas Area

Corsicana, TX, Navarro County, TX, Richland Chambers Lake properties. 

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Corsicana, TX

Corsicana, TX

Corsicana is a city in Navarro County, Texas, located on Interstate 45 some fifty-five miles south of downtown Dallas. The population was 24,485 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Navarro County. 

Downtown also features the historic State National Bank building (built in 1926), several coffeeshops and eateries, an art gallery and several bric-à-brac outlets, and many brick-faced storefronts of historical interest.
There is also a popular green park a short walk from the county courthouse downtown, with meandering creeks, walking, jogging and bike trails, lighted tennis courts, a children's play area with a retired fire truck, spray park, and designated skate area. At one end of the community park is the town YMCA, with a year-round indoor pool, basketball courts, cardio- and free-weight equipment, and instructor-led fitness workshops.

The town also has several museums: Pioneer Village, located by Jester Park, offers reconstructed buildings and artifacts from the early historical period of the area, as well as a museum to Lefty Frizzell, a Nashville singer born in town during the late 1920s.
TheCook Education Center, located on the Navarro College campus, is a multi-facted venue offering event space, gift shop, a planetarium, Civil War museum, and Western Art gallery. The planetarium is among the largest in Texas featuring a 60-foot dome and 200 seats. The planetarium offers narrated astronomical shows and 70mm film for nominal admission. The center is also home to the Pearce Collections Museum which boasts a collection of Civil War memorabilia and a Western Art gallery featuring a number of renowned western artists. The Cook Education Center hosts the annual Navarro College Foundation fundraiser Elegance which benefits scholarship programs for Navarro College students.
The Cinemark multi-screen theater on Seventh Avenue offers first-run movies with state-of-the-art digital projection and sound equipment at bargain prices.  Visit the new Cinergy Cinema at Corsicana Landing. 

The Navarro CollegePerforming Arts Department stages several musical recitals and two staged plays a year at the Dawson Auditorium on the west side of town.
The Navarro CountyExposition Center on West State Highway 22 hosts an indoor soccer league and many horse shows year-round. 

Corsicana is home to the Lake Halbert dam and recreational park, and is less than fifteen miles from Richland Chambers Reservoir, with recreational fishing, public boat ramps, and 330 miles of treed and green shorelines.Richland Chambers Reservoir is the third-largest lake by surface area and the eighth-largest reservoir by water volume in Texas.

Blooming Grove, TX

Blooming Grove, TX


The actual town and city limits of Blooming Grove is only one mile in diameter, with a population of approximately 850 people. However, the school district and community encompasses approximately 165 square miles of the county with a population in excess of 3800; therefore the City is actually serving approximately 2,000 on any given day. We are 1 hour from Dallas, 30 minutes to Waxahachie and 15 minutes to Corsicana, TX.

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Richland Chambers Lake

Richland Chambers Lake

Richland-Chambers Reservoir is the third largest inland reservoir by surface area and the 8th largest reservoir by water volume in Texas formed by the impoundment of Richland Creek and Chambers Creek east-southeast of the town of Corsicana and south of Kerens, in Navarro County and Freestone County, Texas, USA. It has 330 miles (530 km) of shoreline and is "Y" shaped with the dam on the eastern end of the lake.  Although its primary purpose is as a water supply reservoir, Richland-Chambers Reservoir is a venue for outdoor recreation, including fishing, boating, and swimming.

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Purdon, TX

Purdon, TX

Purdon is an unincorporated community in Navarro County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 133 in 2000.

Public education in the community of Purdon is provided by the Dawson Independent School District.

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Dawson, TX

Dawson, TX

Dawson is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 852 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Dawson is served by theDawson Independent School District.

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Retreat, TX

Retreat, TX

Retreat is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 339 at the 2000 census.

Retreat is on Farm Road 709 just south of Corsicana in south central Navarro County. The site was settled in the 1840s and originally known as Beeman's School House. For many years the log school building, which was also used as a church, was the only church or school in the area. As a result of shifting population, the building was moved more than once. When someone consequently suggested calling the settlement Retreat, the name struck. A public school was in operation by 1900, and in 1906 it had an enrollment of fifty. In the mid-1930s Retreat had a store, a gin, a cemetery, and a number of houses. After World War II, the store closed, but the population in recent years has increased because of the community's proximity to Corsicana. In the mid-1960s the estimated population was 100; by 1990 it had grown to 334. Most of the residents worked in Corsicana.

Powell, TX

Powell, TX

Powell is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 105 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Powell is served by the Kerens Independent School District.

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Kerens, TX

Kerens, TX

Kerens, TX is a growing and friendly Central Texas city conveniently situated between Corsicana and Athens on SH 31. The city lies about 70 miles southeast of downtown Dallas and some 180 miles from Houston.

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Rice, TX

Rice, TX

The city of Rice, Texas is located in Northern Navarro County, TX. Rice is located on the Interstate 45 Corridor and US Hwy 287, approximately ten minutes north of Corsicana and about 45 minutes south of Downtown Dallas.

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Mildred, TX

Mildred, TX

Mildred is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 405 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Mildred is served by the Mildred Independent School District.

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Richland, TX

The community of Richland, TX is located in Navarro County.

Visit the City of Richland, TX website.

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