What is the history of Ringgold, Texas?
The area around Ringgold was first settled in 1892, when a land owner began selling parcels in the area where the Rock Island line railroad built a line. The town was first named Harrisonia after the land owner, Joe Harris, but he renamed it Ringgold after his wife’s family. A post office was established the same year. As an intersection of rail lines, Ringgold became a market town for the immediate area, and it reached its highest population of around 400 in the mid-1920s. Source: http://en.wikipedia.
