Before settlers arrived, the area was the site of a Caddo campground. Pioneers arrived in the late 1850s. About twenty years later, I.T. Johnson and Henry King built a gristmill, and residents started referring to the community as Caddo Mills after the facility. On June 16, 1879, a post office opened. Around this time, the community had about 100 residents, 3 churches, and a school. In 1886, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (MK&T) built a line through the town, and the population increased to 500. In the 1890s and early 1900s, the town became home to a newspaper and a bank. The population swelled to 790 but began declining in the 1920s. Caddo Mills had 390 residents and 20 businesses when it was finally incorporated in the early 1940s.[5]
Geography
Caddo Mills is located in Northeast Texas at the western edge of Hunt County. Texas State Highway 66 passes through the center of the city, leading northeast 9 miles (14 km) to Greenville, the county seat, and southwest the same distance to Royse City. Downtown Dallas is 41 miles (66 km) southwest of Caddo Mills with Sulphur Springs being 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Caddo Mills.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.25%, is covered by water.[4] West Caddo Creek, part of the Sabine River watershed, flows through the southwestern corner of the city.
^Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[9]
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