Outdoor Living in Navarro County, Texas

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Building in Navarro County

Navarro County is in north central Texas, bordered by Henderson, Freestone, Limestone, Hill, and Ellis counties, with the Trinity River along its northeast side. The center of the county lies forty miles south of Dallas. It covers 1,068 square miles, and Corsicana, the county seat, is on Interstate Highway 45.

Most of the land is level and rolling blackland, with open prairie and some oak, hickory, and pine woods. Bottom soils are rich black loam with some sand. Elevation ranges from 293 feet in the southeast to 536 feet in the northwest. Precipitation averages 37.74 inches a year, temperatures average 66°, and the growing season is about 259 days.

Thomas J. Chambers received the first Mexican land grant in the area on September 23, 1834. Settlers petitioned for a county carved from Robertson County, and the legislature approved it on April 25, 1846, naming it for Texas patriot José Antonio Navarro. A permanent seat was set in 1848 and named Corsicana for the birthplace of Navarro’s father. Over 200 million barrels of oil have come from the county since 1895.

NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 46 hail reports in Navarro County from 2016 to 2025, 31 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.75 inches. The same records show 48 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 82 mph, and 10 tornadoes. That is why a patio cover’s roof panels, fasteners and posts here are chosen for hail and wind, not only for shade.

Towns we serve in Navarro County

Each of these has its own page, with local facts, ZIP codes and the questions homeowners there ask.

Blooming Grove, TX Corsicana, TX

Smaller communities in Navarro County

Barry, TX

Barry is on State Highway 22 and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, ten miles northwest of Corsicana in northwestern Navarro County. In 1886 the town stood a mile south of its present site. Barry takes its name from Bryan T. Barry of Corsicana and Dallas, who owned at least 300 acres sold to early settlers. When the railroad finished its line between Corsicana and Hillsboro in 1888, residents moved the town to the tracks. Water comes from the City of Barry, which treats surface water. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Barry from 2016 to 2025.

Chatfield, TX

Chatfield lies eleven miles northeast of Corsicana in northeastern Navarro County. The townsite began as a trading post in an oak grove six miles west of Porter’s Bluff, on the San Antonio and Shreveport Trail. The town is named for Champion Chatfield, a pioneer who set up the trading post in 1838. By the mid-1850s the community had a private school, a horse-powered gin, cotton and wool mills, and a flour mill.

Dawson, TX

Dawson lies twenty-one miles southwest of Corsicana and fifty miles south of Dallas in southwestern Navarro County. After the 1838 Battle Creek fight, a mass grave was dug one mile west of the site of present Dawson. The town was named for Britton Dawson, a cattle rancher and San Jacinto veteran who arrived from Alabama in 1847. It grew after 1881, when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway built a narrow-gauge line from Corsicana to Waco. Water comes from the City of Dawson, which treats surface water. NOAA lists 2 hail reports filed at Dawson from 2016 to 2025.

Frost, TX

Frost sits at State Highway 22 and Farm Road 667, twenty miles west of Corsicana in northwestern Navarro County. In 1890 Wylie N. Jones built a waterworks to supply the town from a nearby lake, along with a small steamboat. Frost was established in 1881 when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway built from Corsicana to Hillsboro, and was named for Samuel R. Frost, a local politician and railroad attorney. Businesses from bypassed Crossroads soon moved to the new town. Water comes from the City of Frost, which treats surface water. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Frost from 2016 to 2025.

Kerens, TX

Kerens is at the junction of State highways 31 and 309 and Farm roads 667 and 3096, fourteen miles east of Corsicana in eastern Navarro County. When the railroad bypassed nearby Wadeville, its businesses moved to the new town. Kerens was established in 1881 when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas built through the county, and was named for Judge R. C. Kerens of St. Louis. Corsicana attorneys Samuel R. Frost and Bryan F. Barry bought the plat and sold lots. Water comes from the City of Kerens, which treats surface water. NOAA lists 4 hail reports filed at Kerens from 2016 to 2025.

Powell, TX

Powell lies on the St. Louis Southwestern line, Farm Road 653, and State Highway 31, just east of Lake Corsicana and seven miles east of Corsicana in east central Navarro County. The Powell oilfield was discovered here in 1900. The town was named for Bud Powell, who owned several hundred acres and the land where the first railway station was built. After the St. Louis Southwestern Railway arrived in 1881, local ranches were divided and sold as farms.

Purdon, TX

Purdon is on Farm Road 55, three miles south of State Highway 31 and fourteen miles southwest of Corsicana in south central Navarro County. Before the railroad, the place was known as Belle Point and had little more than a school and a church. The Cotton Belt railroad came through in 1882, and lots were laid out for the town. A railroad man named Harris chose the name for Miss Ada Purdom, a store cashier, and a spelling mistake at the general office made it Purdon. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Purdon from 2016 to 2025.

Rice, TX

Rice lies on Interstate 45 and U.S. Highway 287, ten miles north of Corsicana in northern Navarro County. By 1990 the community had expanded into nearby Ellis County. Rice was settled in the late 1860s. When the Houston and Texas Central Railway was built through in 1872, railroad owner William Marsh Rice donated land for a church and cemetery, and a Rice post office opened that year. NOAA lists 1 hail report filed at Rice from 2016 to 2025.

Richland, TX

Richland is at the junction of Interstate 45 and State Highway 14, on Pisgah Ridge twelve miles south of Corsicana in south central Navarro County. Its first post office took its name from nearby Richland Creek. Asa Chambers had a store on the trail from Corsicana to Franklin by 1848, when the Richland Crossing post office opened in it. The Houston and Texas Central Railway came through in 1871, and a new community grew around the Richland depot. Water comes from the City of Richland, which treats surface water.

What we build across Navarro County

Pools & Spas in Navarro County

Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.

Outdoor Kitchens in Navarro County

Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.

Patio Covers in Navarro County

Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.

Pergolas in Navarro County

Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.

Sunrooms in Navarro County

Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.

Patio Enclosures in Navarro County

Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.

Hardscaping in Navarro County

Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.

Landscaping & Lighting in Navarro County

Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.

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Outdoor living ideas for Navarro County homes

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Navarro County outdoor living questions

We build outdoor living across Navarro County, including Barry, Blooming Grove, Chatfield, Corsicana, Dawson, Frost, Kerens, Powell, Purdon, Rice and Richland.

Inside a town’s limits, that town’s own office reviews the permit. Outside town limits, Navarro County rules apply. We confirm which one covers your address at the design visit, then file the permit and handle the inspections.

The towns we serve in Navarro County sit on Blackland Prairie ground. The ground decides how a slab, a pool shell or a footing has to be built, so the drainage and footings are planned for it at the first visit.

NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 46 hail reports in Navarro County from 2016 to 2025, with stones up to 2.75 inches. Patio cover roofs, fasteners and posts are chosen with that in mind.