Ford Lake
Ford Lake is in Smith, Texas. Ford Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Pine Springs, as well as near Shady Grove.Places of Interest
Highlights include Camp Ford.
Camp Ford
Theme park
Photo: Samuel J. Reader, Public domain.
Camp Ford was a prisoner-of-war camp near Tyler, Texas, during the American Civil War. It was the largest Confederate-run prison west of the Mississippi River. Camp Ford is situated 1½ miles south of Ford Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sand Flat and Tyler.
Sand Flat
Hamlet
Sand Flat is an unincorporated community in Smith County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. Sand Flat is situated 5 miles north of Ford Lake.
Tyler
Photo: CletusDitto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tyler is the county seat of Smith County, in eastern Texas. It boasts the nation's largest municipal rose garden and hosts the Texas Rose Festival each October.
Swan
Hamlet
Swan is an unincorporated community in central Smith County, Texas, United States. It is located on U.S. Highway 69, three miles north of Tyler. According to the Handbook of Texas, in "…1892 Swan had a population of 200, ten fruit growers, a blacksmith… Swan is situated 5 miles west of Ford Lake.
Ford Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Smith, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.41781° or 32° 25′ 4″ northLongitude
-95.27533° or 95° 16′ 31″ westElevation
515 feet (157 metres)Open location code
8646CP9F+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 164373893OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
4691727
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