History

According to legend, in 1836 as Davy Crockett was traveling to join the Texas Army at San Antonio, he camped in a grove just west of the present town square, on the bank of Honey Grove Creek. In letters he wrote to Tennessee, he told of the ideal place where he had camped, the "honey grove." It was so named due to the abundance of honey in the hollow trees. 

In 1842, the first settler, Samuel Erwin, arrived to make the "honey grove" his home. Erwin was a friend of Davy Crockett. In fact, Crockett performed the marriage ceremony for Erwin and his wife. B.S. Walcott came to Honey Grove in 1848, laid off the town and sold building lots, and progress really began to speed up in the tiny town. Honey Grove was incorporated in 1873. 

Honey Grove's population grew steadily until around the turn of the century, when cotton was "king." When the boll weevil appeared on the scene the downward spiral started.