178 years of history. From frontier settlement to oil boomtown to the community we love today.
Corsicana is the birthplace of Dr Pepper, first bottled here in 1885 — a year before it was served in Waco.
Texas's first commercial oil well was drilled in Corsicana in 1894, seven years before the famous Spindletop gusher.
The Collin Street Bakery has shipped its DeLuxe Fruitcake to every country in the world — over 200 nations.
Richland Chambers Lake is the third-largest lake in Texas by surface area, covering 44,752 acres.
Corsicana was named after Corsicana, the Mediterranean island birthplace of José Antonio Navarro's father.
The Magnolia Petroleum Company (later Mobil Oil, now ExxonMobil) was founded right here in Corsicana in 1898.