Collinsville is a small town of 1,500 people located about 70 miles due north of Dallas, Texas.
Around the time it became a town, Collinsville formed Texas' first "Free" school.
The school was started by Mrs. Lodoweska (Lodi) Collins (from the family that the name "Collinsville" came) in a one-roomed log cabin.
With the population quickly growing, a new school was formed in
1904.This was a large two storied building with six rooms and could
hold about four hundred students. "Collinsville Academy", as it was
called, offered subjects such as Greek, metaphysics, and mental physics.
During this time, Collinsville was becoming a well-known marketplace. Alfred Collins (Lodi's son) gave land to start and grow the community.
Horatio Waldo also gave land to settlers and to start businesses. Collinsville looked as if it were going to be a big city. The Great Depression and World War II were two factors that caused Collinsville's population to dwindle.
In 1941 after the Collinsville
Academy burned down, a two-winged, twenty room school was built by a
government program (WPA) designed to provide jobs to people and help
end the Depression. This building with an extension is still in use as
our elementary school.
In 1995 a new high school/junior high school was constructed on the northeast section of town. This facility continues to function as the secondary campus today.
Collinsville has remained a small, quiet town over the years.
However, Collinsville is starting to see a lot of growth as it looks
forward to the future.
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Collinsville
Sequincentennial Book 1836-1986
Ethel Scrapbook Part I
Ethel Scrapbook Part II
