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Elysian Fields is a Rural community of about 300 people in Harrison County , Texas ( USA ), located 11 Mile s southeast of the County Seat of Marshall .

The community was originally the site of a Caddo village named Biff Springs. An American from New Orleans , Capt. Edward Smith, visited the village in 1817 and compared its beauty to the Elysian Fields of Greek Mythology . Smith and his family settled in the area in the 1830s . In 1910 the community relocated one mile to the west, so it could be linked to a Railroad . The community is now the center of the Elysian Fields Independent School District .


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