Freestone County, Texas
Communities 



Turlington (a.k.a. Sugar Hill)

Located on the "Butler road" about 8 miles east of Fairfield.  Turlington was 
known by travellers for its adjacent fine-powdered sandy hill called "Sugar Hill"
that was infamous to stick wagons.  Turlington was a small community that had a 
number of businesses, but no churches.  With the Methodists traveling west to 
Mount Zion community to the Methodist church there and the Baptist travelling 
northward to Antioch Baptist Church in the Antioch community.

In the 1880's the nearest school was Mount Zion.  Eventually Spring school was
built and later still the Sugar Hill Elementary School built in Turlington. The 
Pictorial History Vol I, pg. 47 has a picture of the Sugar Hill Elementary 
school.

Post office:
Opened in 03 Aug 1901.  Ran until 15 Apr 1935.

Nearby Cemeteries:
Antioch Cemetery in the Antioch community
Mount Zion Cemetery in Mount Zion community

Known people in Turlington were:
Alford, Mac
Alford, Arlac
Day. Charles Van "Charlie"
Fogleman, George
Gilpins, G. T.
James, Johnny
Nicholas, Orville
Parker, Joe M. Sr.
Parker, Joe M. Jr.
Robertson, Charlie
Turlington, Dr. 
Vaughn, A. O.
Ward, George
Weaver, George James "Babe"
Weaver, Sallie Ellen (Handley)


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