Frognot, Texas History and Information

History

  I discovered this place while chasing a hot air balloon. We turned on to a road and there was the water tank with a frog painted on it. When I started this site, it was only natural to include Frognot.

Just some bits and snatches that have been unearthed

  Thanks to Ted Wright, We now know that Frognot received most of its publicity from Ira Boren, a Frognot ham operator and Otis Dixon, whose general store was full of ceramic frogs given to him by customers. Dixon attended classes in the old Frognot log school and had pictures of the children attending many years ago. Today a sign and a big green frog painted on a water tower are all that remains of this famous Collin County community.

  Thanks to Wendall, from Blue Ridge, I learned that there once was a gas station and diner there. Both are long gone, but the sign still hangs on a pole there.

  Ken proposes this story: I've been told that the name was given to Frognot many years ago after an extreamly heavy rain when there was still a school house there. When the rain stopped the teacher opened the door to see how much flooding there was. She was amazed to see a big group of frogs huddled on the front steps in search of high ground. She decided to make this a learning event for the class. She asked if anyone knew what they called a group of frogs. No correct answers were given so she said it was a "knot". From then on the community was called Frognot. Can this story be verified? A knot can be used to describe a group of anything, including frogs.