Huntsville State Park is a 2,083.2-acre wooded recreational area, six miles southwest of Huntsville, Texas, within Walker County and the Sam Houston National Forest. In the early 1930s, at a meeting of the Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce, it was suggested that a park be built around Huntsville. The Chamber of Commerce took the proposa…
Huntsville State Park is a 2,083.2-acre wooded recreational area, six miles southwest of Huntsville, Texas, within Walker County and the Sam Houston National Forest. In the early 1930s, at a meeting of the Huntsville-Walker County Chamber of Commerce, it was suggested that a park be built around Huntsville. The Chamber of Commerce took the proposal to the Texas State Parks Board. The board required that the community provide the land for the park. Twenty thousand dollars in bonds would have to be sold by Walker County to pay for the land needed. In early 1936, the bond issue passed with more than four to one in favor of selling the bonds.
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