Elysian Fields, Texas
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Elysian Fields is a rural unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas, United States.<ref name=gnis>Template:GNIS</ref> It lies 11 miles southeast of the county seat of Marshall.
The community was originally the site of a Caddo village named Big Springs. The name of the town is believed to have originated from a dinner conversation in New Orleans in which Capt. Edward Smith compared its beauty to the Elysian Fields of Greek Mythology in 1817.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Smith and his family settled in the area in the 1830s. In 1910 the community relocated one mile to the west, so it could be linked to a railroad. The community is now the center of the Elysian Fields Independent School District.
The school district has an estimated population of 3,917.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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External links
- Elysian Fields Independent School District
- Pam Nordstrom, "ELYSIAN FIELDS, TX," Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 25, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.