Fort Boggy State Park, State park in Leon County, Texas.
Fort Boggy State Park is a state park covering woodlands, rolling hills, meadows, and wetlands on roughly 1,847 acres. The terrain includes lakes and streams where visitors can hike and explore different natural habitats.
Fort Boggy State Park takes its name from a palisade fort built in 1840 by settlers to protect against local Indian predations, named for its proximity to Boggy Creek. The park itself opened in 2001, after Eileen Crain Sullivan donated the land to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1985 for development as a state park. The park lies near the original fort site, between Leona and Centerville in Leon County.
The park takes its name from Boggy Creek, which runs near the site of the 1840 palisade fort. The land was donated in 1985 by Eileen Crain Sullivan, and the park opened in 2001. Visitors today see a landscape of post oak, black hickory and pecan woodlands, meadows and wetlands rather than any standing fort structure.
Fort Boggy State Park lies between Leona and Centerville, about 7.6 km north of Centerville, and opened in 2001. The 15-acre Sullivan Lake is used for swimming, canoeing, kayaking and fishing; rods, reels and tackle boxes can be borrowed through the Tackle Loaner Program. A wooden sign at the lake edge reads "CAUTION STUMPS IN WATER" and "ROADSIDE PARKING PROHIBITED", so park at the designated areas.
Fort Boggy State Park opened in 2001 on 1,847 acres between Leona and Centerville, land donated to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1985 by Eileen Crain Sullivan. The park takes its name from nearby Boggy Creek, not from a body of water inside it. The original Fort Boggy, a palisade fort built by settlers in 1840, stood near the site.
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