Lolaville, Texas no longer exists.
In the 1940’s, it was an unincorporated community in Collin County, right at the intersection of SH 289 and Hwy 121. The residents named their town after a local schoolteacher named Lola Dunafan. Lolaville wasn’t much more than a fruit stand and some small homes.
The particular four acres that became Lolaville were acquired in 1928. Lola’s husband, Ernest (22 Aug 1904 – 24 Mar 1980), built a general store and several houses to be rented to black farming families. The black community was serviced by a segregated school at which Lola taught. After her parents died and were buried in Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Lola inherited the land and continued to live in her own hamlet until she retired to a nursing home and sold the land to developers in 1988. The transaction was brokered by Wayne Pickering, who was sentenced to 21⁄2 years in prison for bank fraud
Some residents of Frisco today can remember driving past the fruit stand before it got torn down in the early 90’s. See, they had to clear that land . . . so it could become Stonebriar Mall—which, as we know now, would become the big economic launchpad behind Frisco’s ascent to the fastest-growing city in America.
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Published on 2019-01-07 16:34:45
