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City honors ‘Onion Capital’ legacy with new sign

by | Oct 30, 2025 | Latest

The city has erected a new monument sign at the Onion Shed in honor of the city once being know as the Onion Capital of North Texas. Courtesy Linda Hess

A new monument sign at the Onion Shed now stands as a tribute to Farmersville’s unique agricultural past — when the city was once known as the Onion Capital of North Texas.

Local historian Linda Hess gathered details of this history from a 1926 Dallas Morning News article by agricultural editor Victor H. Schoffelmayer, titled “Blackest Land, Whitest Onions, in Collin County.” The piece praised Farmersville farmers for a then-innovative practice — cultivating onions and cotton in the same rich, black soil.

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