Bonham-City

Bonham Police Department provides public safety services, information, and enforcement of laws in the city. Its crime prevention services include programs for senior citizens, neighborhood, automobile, children, family violence, sexual assault, bicycle safety, National Crime Prevention Council and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The department offers a drug abuse...

Bonham, one of the oldest towns in Texas, was settled in 1837 when Bailey Inglish built a two-story log fort, Fort Inglish, about a mile east of the present square. Inglish was joined by John P. Simpson, Mabel Gilbert, and other settlers in the summer of 1837. The community was called Bois D'Arc until 1843 when the name "Bloomington" was first requested in the Texas Congress. The name "Bonham"...