Fayetteville, Texas

The Chamber of Commerce bills Fayetteville as 'the way Texas used to be'. True to its claim, this small town is authentic to its age, with an historic precinct courthouse in the center of a horseshoe-shaped commercial district. Across the street is a well-preserved 1927 brick Gulf gas station, complete with period gas pumps. The Texas Pickin' Park Annual Bluegrass Festival & Grand Jam is held monthly during summer months on the courthouse square. The Fayetteville Area Heritage Museum is on the west side of the Square. It occupies two historic buildings and displays many artifacts that played an important role in the town’s development. This small town is compact enough so that visitors can easily walk the entire perimeter of buildings around the central courthouse. In 1844, the community was named after the North Carolina birthplace of a prominent citizen of the time, who had surveyed the community, named its streets, and donated lots for the Fayetteville Academy and the town's multi-denominational Union Church.