Forney Texas Home Inspections

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A Little History of Forney, Texas

Present-day Forney was purchased in 1847 by Sallie Daugherty who came from Arkansas with her four sons and purchased 1,000 acres of land, naming the area Union Hill. This area later became known as Lone Elm. In the late 1840's, Jacob Sheltman settled on his homestead two miles southwest of town and began farming and raising his family. Kaufman County was carved out of the huge Nacogdoches County in 1848.

The town came virtually to a standstill during the 1940-1950 period, due primarily to the Second World War. Very few, if any, new businesses were opened in the city. Little residential building was recorded and the town slumbered as many of its neighbors grew like wildfire and many larger companies chose Garland and Mesquite during the post-war period, after considering Forney as a prospective home.  In the 1960's, attitudes began to change and key things happened that would affect Forney at a later date.

A-Action Home Inspection Group has been serving the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex since 1995. Our multi-inspector firm has performed hundreds of inspections in the City of Forney, Texas.